Williams v. Illinois State Scholarship Commission

Plaintiffs, Evelyn L. Williams and Iola Lockett, initiated a class action in the circuit court of Madison County to enjoin defendants, the Illinois State Scholarship Commission (IS SC), its executive director, and its commissioners, from filing collection actions in an improper venue. The plaintiffs’ class, as certified by the trial court, consisted of individuals who have allegedly defaulted on Illinois Guaranteed Student Loans (GSLs) and did not reside in or obtain their loans in Cook County. Plaintiffs claimed that ISSC’s practice of suing alleged defaulters exclusively in Cook County…