Legal Opinion
Gaffney v. Shell Oil Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided May 16, 1974No. 58027PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Dempsey
Alice Gaffney filed a complaint against the Shell Oil Company and Norman Razowsky. The action was brought on behalf of all purchasers of motor fuel who held Shell credit cards. Razowsky, the owner of the Ontario-Dearborn Shell Service, Chicago, who had sold $9.40 worth of gasoline to the plaintiff, was sued as the representative of all Shell service station operators in Illinois.
The complaint alleged that Shell, Razowsky and other Shell dealers unlawfully computed the Illinois use tax and State and municipal retailers’ occupation taxes (sales taxes) upon the products they sold, by adding to…
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- Hale v. AllinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Weeks v. Bareco Oil Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1941
- Fiorito v. JonesIllinois Supreme Court · 1968
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