Miner v. Gillette Co.

Plaintiff brought this action on behalf of himself and a nationwide class action of persons alleging that defendant violated the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1977, ch. 121)2, par. 261 et seq.) and breached its contractual obligation under Illinois law. This appeal was taken under Supreme Court Rule 308 from an interlocutory order of the circuit court dismissing the amended complaint insofar as it was brought in a representative capacity on behalf of nonresidents of

i the State of Illinois. This court also granted leave to the parties to brief and argue…