Legal Opinion
Morrison v. YTB International, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 27, 2011No. 10-2529PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs allege that YTB International, a firm based in Illinois and doing business as both YTB and YourTravelBiz.com, is violating the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act. That statute forbids pyramid schemes, 815 ILCS 505/2A(2), which it defines as any venture in which a participant’s profit “is primarily based upon the inducement of additional persons ... to participate in the same plan or operation and is not primarily contingent on the volume or quantity of goods, services, or other property sold or distributed ... to consumers.” 815 ILCS 505/l(g). YTB (as we call…
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