Wallace Acquisitions, Inc. v. Allied Waste Industries, Inc.

Plaintiff, Wallace Acquisitions, Inc., individually and as a representative of a class of persons similarly situated, brought this class action against defendants, Allied Waste Industries, Inc. (Allied), and National Waste Services, Inc. (National), seeking damages for the imposition of a 3% surcharge labeled as a “Federal Clean Air Act Fuel Surcharge” on defendants’ customers’ bills when the surcharge was not required by federal law. In July 1995 Wallace filed a four-count complaint against Allied and National Waste alleging common law fraud (count I), violations of the Illinois Consumer…