Keystone Chevrolet Co. v. Kirk

On January 27, 1975, Keystone Chevrolet Company, an Illinois corporation, on behalf of itself and all similarly situated new car dealers, and Seymour and Rita Cohen, individually and on behalf of all similarly situated persons, filed in the circuit court of Cook County a complaint for declaratory judgment, an accounting and an injunction. The complaint named as defendants the Department of Local Government Affairs of this State and its director, the Department of Revenue and its director, and the State Treasurer.

Keystone alleged in count I that it was a General Motors Corporation franchisee,…