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UCHUMI SUPERMARKETS LTD. v. DINERS CLUB INTERNATIONAL

NO. 1-98-4839.

723 N.E.2d 723 (1999)

309 Ill. App.3d 902

243 Ill.Dec. 420

UCHUMI SUPERMARKETS LTD., and Total Oil Products (E.A.) Ltd., for themselves and a class of persons similarly situated, and Dr. Sunil Vinayak, Jacques Arnold Verwiel, Matthew Ndonga Kabau, Dilip K. Nagpal, The Spinner's Web Ltd., and Diana Patel, for themselves and a class of persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. DINERS CLUB INTERNATIONAL, LTD., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

December 16, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Connelly & Schroeder, Michael P. Connelly & Colleen Konicek, Chicago, for Appellant.

Mayer, Brown & Platt,. Javier H. Rubinstein, Kyle F. Waldinger (Diners Club International Ltd., of counsel), Cora G. Yang, Chicago, for Appellee.

Justice HOURIHANE delivered the opinion of the court:

This is an appeal from an order denying plaintiffs' petition, pursuant to Supreme Court Rule 187 (134 Ill.2d R. 187), to reinstate their case which had been dismissed by the circuit court on forum non conveniens grounds. On appeal, plaintiffs argue that the other forum's refusal to allow the case to proceed as a representative, i.e., class, action constitutes a refusal to accept jurisdiction over...

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