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WOLENS v. AMERICAN AIRLINES

No. 1-89-0918.

565 N.E.2d 258 (1990)

207 Ill. App.3d 35

152 Ill.Dec. 16

Myron (Mike) WOLENS, Albert J. Gale, R. Craig Zafis, Bret Maxwell and Robert Nelson, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellant. P.S. TUCKER, on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, a foreign corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

December 12, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jenner & Block, Chicago (Jerold S. Solovy, Glenn K. Seidenfeld and Marguerite T. Tompkins, of counsel) for defendant-appellant.

Marks, Marks & Kaplan, Ltd., Chicago (Gilbert W. Gordon and Robert Marks, of counsel), Much Shelist Freed Denenberg Ament & Eiger, P.C., Chicago (Michael J. Freed and Michael B. Hyman, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Greenfield & Chimicles, Haverford, Pa. (Nicholas E. Chimicles Brenda M. Nelson and Robin Resnick, of counsel), Chertow & Miller, Chicago (Marvin Miller, of counsel) for P.S. Tucker, plaintiff-appellee.

Justice WHITE delivered the opinion of the court.

Defendant American Airlines has filed this interlocutory appeal from an order of the circuit court denying defendant's motion to dismiss plaintiffs' complaints. Defendant contends that plaintiffs' claims are preempted by federal law and barred by the Commerce Clause.

In 1988, plaintiffs Myron Wolens, Albert Gale, R. Craig Zafis, Bret Maxwell, and Robert Nelson filed a class action complaint against defendant...

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