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MINER v. GILLETTE CO.

No. 54211.

87 Ill.2d 7 (1981)

428 N.E.2d 478

STEVEN MINER, Appellant, v. THE GILLETTE COMPANY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Atkins and Kenneth P. Ross, of Freeman, Atkins & Coleman, Ltd.; Paul Bernstein and Henry A. Waller, of Bernstein & Waller; and Harry G. Fins, all of Chicago, for appellant.

Russell M. Baird, George A. Platz, Shalom L. Kohn, and Sandra L. DeGraw, of Sidley & Austin, of Chicago, for appellee.

Kevin M. Forde, Ltd., of Chicago (David Kahn, Vincent J. Getzendanner, Jr., and William J. Harte, of counsel), for amicus curiae Consumer Coalition.

Appellate court affirmed in part and reversed in part; circuit court affirmed in part and reversed in part; cause remanded.

MR. JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Steven Miner, plaintiff, filed a class action complaint in the circuit court of Cook County on behalf of a nationwide class of consumers against the defendant, Gillette Company, in connection with defendant's promotion of its "cricket" disposable butane lighters. Count I alleged that...

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