KELLERMAN v. MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP.

No. 62132.

112 Ill.2d 428 (1986)

493 N.E.2d 1045

S. KELLERMAN, et al., Appellees, v. MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Appellant. — PHYLLIS HESSE, Appellee, v. MCI TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed May 21, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester T. Kamin, Richard J. Gray, Darryl M. Bradford, Patricia Lee Refo, and Robert S. Markin (Jenner & Block of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

Russell C. Green and Alvin W. Block, of Block, Levy & Associates, of Chicago, for appellee S. Kellerman et al.

Kevin M. Forde, Ltd., of Chicago (Kevin M. Forde, of counsel), and Howard Z. Gopman & Associates, of Skokie (Howard Z. Gopman and Katrina Veerhusen, of counsel), for appellee Phyllis Hesse.


Judgment affirmed.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, subscribers of defendant MCI's long-distance telephone service, brought these class action suits in the circuit court of Cook County alleging that certain advertisements, which described defendant's service charges, violate the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1983, ch. 121 1/2, par. 261 et seq.) and the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices...

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