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PEOPLE OF STATE OF ILL. EX REL. HARTIGAN v. PETERS

No. 88-1555.

861 F.2d 164 (1988)

PEOPLE OF the STATE OF ILLINOIS ex rel. Neil F. HARTIGAN, Attorney General of Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. George PETERS, doing business as MGM Motors and George Peters, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul E. Peldyak, Joseph N. Rathnau, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.

Margaret M. Drewko, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, POSNER, and MANION, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

We write to clarify a recurrent issue of appellate jurisdiction. The State of Illinois brought this federal suit against George Peters, a used-car dealer, under the Motor Vehicle Information and Cost Savings Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1981 et seq., with a pendent claim under the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act, Ill.Rev.Stat. ch. 121 1/2 , § 268. On March 3, 1987, in response to a motion by the state, the district...

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