Mark OLIVEIRA, Appellee and Cross-Appellant,
v.
AMOCO OIL COMPANY, Appellant and Cross-Appellee.
Supreme Court of Illinois.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
June 20, 2002.
Rehearing Denied August 29, 2002.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joseph W. Phebus, Gary D. Forrester and Geoffrey A. Hoffman, of Phebus & Winkelmann, Urbana, Michael B. Hyman and Melinda J. Morales, of Much, Shelist, Freed, Denenberg, Anient & Rubenstein, P.C., Chicago, Ann D. White and Robert Eisler, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, Edward Grossmann, Seth R. Lesser and Samera S. Ludwig, of Bernstein, Litowitz, Berger & Grossmann, L.L.P., New York, New York, and Edward J. Kionka, Carbondale, for appellee and Cross-appellant Mark Oliveira.
William H. Kelly, Jr., Ira M. Levin and Barbara A. Gimbel, of Rosenthal & Schanfield, P.C., Chicago, and Dennis M. O'Keefe, Lake Forest, for amici curiae Illinois Automobile Dealers Association and Chicago Automobile Trade Association.
William J. Harte, Ltd., Joseph E. Tighe, P.C., and Sotiras & Mannix, Ltd., Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Trial Lawyers Association.
Robert H. King, Jr., of Greenberg Traurig, L.L.P., Chicago, for amici curiae National Association of Independent Insurers et al.
Stephen J. Harburg, John H. Beisner and Jonathan L. Griffith, of O'Melveny & Myers, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc.
Michele Odorizzi and Allan Erbsen, Chicago, and Evan M. Tager, Washington, D.C., all of Mayer, Brown & Piatt, and Stephen A. Bokat, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.
Michael A. Pope, Joseph G. Fisher and Anthony F. Fata, of McDermott, Will & Emery, Chicago, for amicus curiae Lawyers for Civil Justice.
Supreme Court of Illinois.
Justice McMORROW delivered the opinion of the court:
The plaintiff, Mark Oliveira, filed a one count, amended class action complaint against the defendant, Amoco Oil Company, in the circuit court of Champaign County. The complaint alleged that defendant violated the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (Act) (815 ILCS 505/1 et seq. (West 1996)) by falsely representing in a series of advertisements that the use of its premium gasolines would improve...
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