Legal Opinion
Skelton v. General Motors Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 14, 1988No. Nos. 87-1404, 87-1530 and 87-1610PublishedCited by 132 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
This case arises out of a series of class actions brought against General Motors Corporation (“GM”) for allegedly substituting less efficient engines and various other automotive parts (including transmissions) into certain lines of GM automobiles. The suits, brought in Illinois, New York and Washington, D.C., culminated when the consolidated class filed a complaint against GM in 1982 (for substituting less efficient transmissions in several lines of GM automobiles), under the Magnuson-Moss Warranty-Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 2301-2312 (the…
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