GEARY v. DOMINICK'S FINER FOODS, INC.

No. 67049.

129 Ill.2d 389 (1989)

544 N.E.2d 344

ADRIENNE GEARY et al., Appellants, v. DOMINICK'S FINER FOODS, INC., et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing denied September 29, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anne M. Burke and Sidney Z. Karasik, both of Chicago, for appellants.

Glenn E. Schreiber, of Madigan & Getzendanner, Thomas H. Donohoe, of Martin, Craig, Chester & Sonnenschein, Michael D. Sher, of Neal, Gerber, Eisenberg & Lurie, and Sidney N. Herman and Miriam G. Bahcall, of Kirkland & Ellis, all of Chicago, for appellees Dominick's Finer Foods et al.

Judson H. Miner, Corporation Counsel, of Chicago (Ruth M. Moscovitch and Frederick S. Rhine, of counsel), for appellees Charles Sawyer and City of Chicago.

Neil F. Hartigan, Attorney General, of Springfield (Robert Ruiz, Solicitor General, and Michael J. Wynne, Assistant Attorney General, of Chicago, of counsel), for appellee Director of the Department of Revenue.

Jacqueline Stanley Lustig, Jewel N. Klein and Linda S. Kagan, of Chicago (Mary Ellen Dienes, of counsel), for amicus curiae Women's Bar Association of Illinois.


Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed; cause remanded.

JUSTICE CALVO delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs, Adrienne Geary, Marge E. Mulcahy, and Maureen E. Ryan, initiated a class action suit alleging that R. Thomas Johnson, as director of the Illinois Department of Revenue, the City of Chicago and Charles Sawyer, as director of the Chicago Department of Revenue (city defendants), and the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) imposed...

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