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BECKETT v. H&R BLOCK, INC.

No. 1-98-0064.

714 N.E.2d 1033 (1999)

306 Ill. App.3d 381

239 Ill.Dec. 736

Kathryn BECKETT, Stephanie Etheredge, and Pamela Williams, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. H&R Block, INC., a Missouri corporation; H&R Blook Tax Services, Inc., a Missouri corporation; H&R Block Eastern Tax Services, Inc., a Missouri corporation; H&R Block Eastern Tax Services, Inc., a Missouri corporation; Mellon Bank; and Bank One, Defendants-Appellees (Bank One, Defendant-Appellee and Cross-Appellant, v. Stephanie Etheredge and Pamela Williams, Plaintiffs-Appellants and Cross-Appellees).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Second Division.

Rehearing Denied August 3, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dom J. Rizzi, Jennifer Winter Sprengel, Miller, Faucher, Cafferty and Wexler, LLP, Chicago, for Appellant.

David H. Latham, of Law Offices of David H. Latham, Chicago, and N. Louise Ellingsworth and Mark W. Brennan, both of Bryan Cave, L.L.P., Kansas City, Missouri, for appellees H&R Block, Inc., H&R Block Tax Services, Inc., and H&R Block Eastern Tax Services, Inc.

George A. Platz, of Lovell, White, Durrant, and Theodore R. Scarborough, of Sidley & Austin, Chicago, for appellee Mellon Bank.

Craig A. Varga, of Varga, Berger, Ledsky, Hayes & Casey, Chicago, and Jeffrey S. Saltz, of Law Offices of Jeffrey S. Saltz, P.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for appellee Bank One.

Justice COUSINS delivered the opinion of the court:

This case concerns "refund anticipation loans" (RALs) made to customers of the defendant tax preparers, H&R Block, Inc., H&R Block Tax Services, Inc., and H&R Block Eastern Tax Services, Inc. (collectively, Block). RALs are short-term demand loans to be repaid by the borrowers' anticipated federal income tax refunds. Block has agreements with various banks to provide the loans. Block would advertise this...

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