Legal Opinion
Kinkel v. Cingular Wireless, LLC
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided October 5, 2006No. 100925PublishedCited by 154 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Garman
Justices Freeman, Fitzgerald, Kilbride, and Karmeier concurred in the judgment and opinion.
Chief Justice Thomas and Justice Burke took no part in the decision.
OPINION
Defendant, Cingular Wireless, LLC (Cingular), provides cellular telephone service to consumers. Under Cingular’s standard service agreement, its customers commit to a specified “service term” and agree to pay an early-termination fee if they withdraw from the service agreement before the end of the term. Plaintiff, Donna M. Kinkel, individually and on behalf of a class of those similarly situated, filed suit against Cingular in…
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