MARTIN v. HEINOLD COMMODITIES, INC.

No. 63045.

117 Ill.2d 67 (1987)

510 N.E.2d 840

JOHN R. MARTIN, Appellant, v. HEINOLD COMMODITIES, INC., Appellee.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Modified on denial of rehearing June 18, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Harte, Ltd., and Plotkin & Jacobs, Ltd., of Chicago (William J. Harte, John G. Jacobs, and Jonah J. Orlofsky, of counsel), for appellant.

H. Blair White, William J. Nissen and David M. Schiffman, of Sidley & Austin, of Chicago, for appellee.

Jane F. Wheeler, Assistant Attorney General, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, for amicus curiae Michael C. Turpen, Attorney General of the State of Oklahoma.

Glenn E. Carr and Caroline O. Metter (Shoenberger), Assistant State's Attorneys, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Richard M. Daley, State's Attorney.


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

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, John R. Martin, a resident of Oklahoma, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, filed a four-count complaint in the circuit court of Cook County against defendant, Heinold Commodities, Inc. (H.C.I.). Counts I and II alleged defendant's breach of its fiduciary duty in connection with plaintiff...

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