FIELDS JEEP-EAGLE v. CHRYSLER CORP.

Nos. 74151, 75293, 75323 and 75358.

645 N.E.2d 946 (1994)

163 Ill.2d 462

206 Ill.Dec. 694

FIELDS JEEP-EAGLE, INC., et al. (Grossinger Motors et al., Appellants), v. CHRYSLER CORPORATION et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Rehearing Denied January 30, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Karr and Jonathan P. Green, Hardt & Stern, P.C., Chicago, for appellant Grossinger Motorcorp, Inc.

William H. Kelly and Gerald B. Mullin, Rosenthal & Schanfield, Chicago, for appellant Ridge Motors, Inc.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield (Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Solicitor Gen., and Jennifer A. Keller, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, of counsel), intervenor-appellant Secretary of State.

James R. Vogler, Joseph J. Zaknoen and Thomas C. Cronin, Winston & Strawn, Chicago (Lisa M. Gibson, Highland Park, MI, of counsel), for appellee Chrysler Corp.

Richard C. Godfrey, Mark L. Levine and J. Robert Robertson, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago (Louis H. Lindeman, Jr., Detroit, MI, of counsel), for appellee General Motors Corp.

Paul E. Slater and Gregg R. Hague, Sperling, Slater & Spitz, Chicago, for appellee Loren Pontiac, Inc.

Julie A. Cardosi, Springfield, for amicus curiae Illinois Automobile Dealers Association.

Dennis M. O'Keefe and Patrick L. Moore, O'Keefe, Ashenden, Lyons & Ward, Chicago, for amicus curiae Chicago Automobile Trade Association.

J. Timothy Eaton and Ann L. Gibson, Coffield, Ungaretti & Harris, Chicago, for amicus curiae American Automobile Manufacturers Association et al.


Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:

In these consolidated direct appeals (134 Ill.2d R. 302), we are presented with the question of the constitutionality of sections 4(e)(8) and 12(c) of the Motor Vehicle Franchise Act (the Act) (Ill.Rev.Stat.1989, ch. 121½ pars. 754(e)(8), 762(c) (now codified as 815 ILCS 710/4(e)(8), 12(c) (West 1992))). The two judges before whom these now consolidated cases were heard each declared those sections unconstitutional...

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