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GOLDBERG v. JOHNSON

No. 64355.

117 Ill.2d 493 (1987)

512 N.E.2d 1262

JEROME F. GOLDBERG et al., Appellees, v. J. THOMAS JOHNSON, Director of Revenue, et al. (J. Thomas Johnson, Appellant).

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied October 5, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Roma Jones Stewart, Solicitor General, and Terry F. Moritz, Alan P. Solow, Gerald L. Jenkins and Mindy Block Gordon, of Goldberg, Kohn, Bell, Black, Rosenbloom & Moritz, Ltd., of Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.

William G. Clark, Jr., & Associates, Ltd., and Plotkin & Jacobs, Ltd., of Chicago (William G. Clark, Jr., John G. Jacobs, Jonah J. Orlofsky and Ilene Davidson Johnson, of counsel), for Jerome Goldberg and Robert McTigue.

Robert F. Ward and Laura Di Giantonio, of Chadwell & Kayser, Ltd., of Chicago (Richard N. Wiley, of counsel), for GTE Sprint Communications Corporation.

William C. Lane and William A. Strauss, of McLean, Virginia, for amicus curiae National Taxpayers Union.

Thomas W. Kelty and Michael J. Luke, of Pfeifer & Kelty, P.C., of Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois Municipal League.

Judgment reversed; orders vacated.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiffs, Jerome F. Goldberg and Robert McTigue, filed a class action complaint in the circuit court of Cook County against defendant J. Thomas Johnson, Director of the Department of Revenue for the State of Illinois (hereinafter, the Director), and various long-distance telephone carriers, seeking a declaration that section 4 of the Telecommunications Excise Tax Act (hereinafter, section 4) (Ill. Rev. Stat...

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