JENKINS v. CONCORDE ACCEPTANCE CORP.

Nos. 1-02-2738, 1-02-2747, 1-02-2749, 1-02-2751, 1-02-2753, 1-02-2754, 1-02-2757 to 1-02-2766, 1-02-2796, 1-02-2799 to 1-02-2805, 1-02-2921, 1-02-2922, 1-02-2967, 1-02-2968, 1-02-2971, 1-02-2980, 1-02-2982, 1-02-2984, 1-02-2986, 1-02-3063, 1-02-3273, 1-02-3274, 1-02-3292.

802 N.E.2d 1270 (2003)

345 Ill. App.3d 669

280 Ill.Dec. 749

Ricky JENKINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CONCORDE ACCEPTANCE CORP., Defendant-Appellee. David W. Anderson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. American Fidelity Mortgage Services, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Richard Walega and Juanita Walega, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Gary D. Albright and Barbara Albright, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Washington Mutual Home Loans, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Hak Su Kim, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Alliance Finance Mortgage, Defendant-Appellee. Nicholas Sienkiewcz, Bella A. Munari, Josif Capota and Mariora Capota, and Steven M. Sobnowski, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. RBC Mortgage Company, d/b/a Prism Mortgage Company, Defendant-Appellee. Janet Blair, Evald Narubin and Laima Narubin, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Long Beach Mortgage Company, Defendant-Appellee. Vyachesloav Zaritsky and Lisa Bauer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ANB Ambro Mortgage Group, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Lilli Fetsch Wenzel, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Citicorp Mortgage, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Aaron Sampson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Citimortgage, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Victor Merino and Blanca Merino, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Tamayo Financial Services, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Amy Johnson, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Chicago United Mortgage, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Emily Jackson, Plaintiff-Appellants, v. Harbor Financial Group, Ltd., Defendant-Appellee. Margaret Porter, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Smith-Rothchild Financial Co., Defendant-Appellee. George K. Kalantzis and Candance M. Kalantzis, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. World Savings, Defendant-Appellee. James V. Masino, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. 1st Mortgage of Illinois, Inc., f/k/a First National Mortgage Corp., Defendant-Appellee. Douglas R. Messner, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Elgin Financial Savings Bank, Defendant-Appellee. Sandra Barney, Plaintiff-Appellant. New Century Mortgage Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Artis L. Simpson and Darlene Simpson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Cole Taylor Bank, Defendant-Appellee. Velma H. Outland, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Mortgage Lenders Network USA, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Kenneth Swiatowski, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Resource Plus Mortgage Corp., Defendant-Appellee. Jesus M. Rubio, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. First Suburban Mortgage Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Steven Spiro, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charter One Bank FSB, Defendant-Appellee. Dennis Butt, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Comcor Mortgage Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Luigi Rago and Tina Rago, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Presidential Mortgage Company, Defendant-Appellee. Gregory and Margaret Weizborick, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. 1st Advantage Mortgage, L.L.C., an Illinois limited liability corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Anthony P. Blasco, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ryland Mortgage Company, Defendant-Appellee. John Himmel, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Charter One Financial, Inc., f/k/a St. Paul Federal Bank, Defendant-Appellee. Mark N. Etter, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Citibank FSB, Defendant-Appellee. Richard R. Trebilcock and Ilyia Ludkin, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GMAC Mortgage Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Ann L. Coyle, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Preferred Mortgage Associates, Ltd., d/b/a Liberty Home Mortgage, Defendant-Appellee. Delia A. Castillo, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. United Financial Mortgage Corp., d/b/a United Financial Mortgage, Defendant-Appellee. Joseph Branham, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. First Union Mortgage Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Jacelynn B. Bailey, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. Don A. Smith, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Central Illinois Bank and Mortgage Services, Inc., Defendants-Appellees. Ronald M. Cortamilla and Nittaya P. Cortamilla, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Old Kent Mortgage Company, Defendant-Appellee. Irene E. Tate and Dumesle Labranche, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Chase Manhattan Mortgage Corporation, Defendant-Appellee. Jeffrey D. Stahl and Karen L. Stahl, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. American Home Mortgage Corp., d/b/a Mortgageselect, Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fifth Division.

December 31, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edelman, Combs & Latturner, Chicago (Daniel A. Edelman, Cathleen M. Combs, James O. Latturner and Danita Ivory, of counsel), for Appellants.

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, Chicago (Michele Odorizzi, Lucia Nale, Victoria R. Collado and Jennifer L. Rakstad, of counsel), for Appellees City Mortgage, Inc.

Barack Ferrazzano Kirschbaum Perlman & Nagelberg LLC, Chicago (Mark S. Bernstein, Peter B. Jurgeleit, of counsel), for Appellees in appeal number 1-02-3063.

Stone, Pogrund & Korey, Chicago (James P. Ziegler, of counsel), for Appellees Smith-Rothchild Financial Co. and Harbor Financial Group, Ltd.

Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C. (Julie L. Williams, Daniel P. Stipano, L. Robert Griffin, of counsel), for Appellee Amici Curiae, Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

Tabet DiVito & Rothstein LLC, Chicago (Michael I. Rothstein, of counsel) and Robert J. Pratte, Minneapolis, MN, for Appellee Amici Curiae, Mortgage Bankers Association of America, Illinois Mortgage Bankers Association and Community Bankers Association of America.

Office of Thrift Supervision, Chicago (P. Stacy Powers, Special Counsel; Carolyn J. Buck, Chief Counsel; Thomas J. Segal, Deputy Chief Counsel; and Elizabeth R. Moore, Special Counsel, of counsel), for Appellee Amici Curiae, Office of Thrift Supervision.


Presiding Justice CAMPBELL delivered the opinion of the court:

In these 37 consolidated appeals, plaintiffs appeal from orders of the circuit court of Cook County dismissing then complaints against the defendant financial institutions, from which plaintiffs had obtained mortgages. The complaints alleged that the defendants engaged in the unauthorized practice of law by filling out notes, mortgages and related documents, and charging plaintiffs a document preparation...

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