Legal Opinion
Gilmore v. Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, L.L.C.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 29, 2001No. 01 C 2900PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HART, District Judge.
I. BACKGROUND
In this case, named plaintiff Bruce Gilmore alleges, on behalf of himself and a putative class, that defendant Southwestern Bell Mobile Systems, L.L.C.1 has violated the Federal Communications Act (“FCA”) (specifically 47 U.S.C. §§ 201 and 202) by charging an allegedly improper “Corporate Account Administration Fee” for cellular telephone service that it provides. It is also claimed that this conduct violates the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act (“ICFA”), 815 ILCS 505/2, and constitutes common law fraud…
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