PEOPLE EX REL. DEVINE v. TIME CONSUMER MARKETING, INC.

No. 1-01-4001.

782 N.E.2d 761 (2002)

336 Ill. App.3d 74

270 Ill.Dec. 202

The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois ex rel. Richard A. DEVINE, State's Attorney of Cook County, Illinois, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. TIME CONSUMER MARKETING, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Third Division.

December 4, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney, Chicago (Robert Ruiz, Public Interest Bureau, Sophia Lopez, Consumer Fraud, Joseph Hudson and Carol Chavez, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for Appellant.

Novack and Macey, Chicago (Eric N. Macey & Timothy J. Miller, of counsel), Time Inc., New York City, Paul G. Gardephe, Deputy General Counsel, for Appellee.


Justice HOFFMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Section 7 of the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (Consumer Fraud Act) provides that either the Illinois Attorney General or a State's Attorney "may bring an action in the name of the People of the State" when he or she "has reason to believe that any person is using, has used, or is about to use any method, act or practice" declared unlawful under the act. 815 ILCS 505/7 (West 2000). The State...

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