HILL v. SHELL OIL CO.

No. 98 C 5766.

78 F.Supp.2d 764 (1999)

Daron HILL, Tyson Parks, Christopher M. Lawson, and Carlton Reives, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY and Equilon Enterprises, LLC; Shahid Hasan, individually and d/b/a Ashland and Diversey Shell; Beyer Enterprises, Inc., d/b/a Ridge Devon Shell; Clark Devon Shell, Inc.; Mohammed Anjad Umer, individually and d/b/a Peterson Western Shell; John Zyung, individually and d/b/a Roselle Shell; and Gio, Inc. d/b/a Westchester Shell and Car Wash, on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

October 29, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Meites, Michael M. Mulder, Paul William Mollica, Meites, Mulder, Burger & Mollica, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs.

Steven Francis Molo, Gerald C. Peterson, Norman K. Beck, Winston & Strawn, Chicago, IL, Manuel Sanchez, John Scott Huntley, Daniel Thomas Grosso, Sanchez & Daniels, Chicago, IL, George B. Collins, Christopher Robert Bargione, Adrian M. Vuckovich, Collins & Bargione, Chicago, IL, Joseph Michael Gagliardo, Gregory Robert James, Jr., Clifford Raymond Perry, III, Laner, Muchin, Dombrow, Becker, Levin & Tominberg, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Robert Joseph Meyer, Sheryl A. Pethers, Debrai G. Haile, Swanson, Martin & Bell, Chicago, IL, Cary S. Fleischer, Alan R. Dolinko, Jeralyn Hartwick Baran, Chuhak & Tecson, Chicago, IL, Brett G. Rawitz, Josh Michael Friedman, Bates, Meckler, Bulger & Tilson, Chicago, IL, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

MORAN, Senior District Judge.

Plaintiffs bring this lawsuit as a purported class action on behalf of all African-American customers of Shell-brand gas stations. They allege that, in Chicagoland and across the nation, Shell-brand gas stations require African-Americans to prepay for gasoline while allowing white customers to pay after pumping gas. Plaintiffs claim that this pattern or practice of racial discrimination violates their...

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