Legal Opinion
Star Finance Corp. v. McGee
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 17, 1975No. 58550PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Egan
The defendant, Sonia McGee, séeks a declaration that the Illinois confession of judgment statute (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1971, ch. 110, par. 50(3)) is unconstitutional. On April 29, 1970, she signed a retail" installment contract which was on a printed form supplied by the seller and contained a cognovit clause which provided as follows:
“The undersigned Buyer br Buyers, jointly and severally, hereby authorize irrevocably any Attorney of any Court of Record to appear for the undersigned and each or any of them in "such Co.urt, in term time or vacation, after default hereon..and to confess, a judgment…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Fuentes v. ShevinSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Armstrong v. ManzoSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- D. H. Overmyer Co., Inc. of Ohio v. Frick Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- SWARB Et Al. v. LENNOX Et Al.Supreme Court of the United States · 1972
- People ex rel. Pickerill v. New York Central RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1945
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Rothwell Cotton Company, a Texas Corporation v. Rosenthal & Company, a Partnership, and Fgl Commodity Services, Inc., an Iowa CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987
- Melody Home Manufacturing Co. v. BarnesTexas Supreme Court · 1987
- Williams v. Illinois State Scholarship CommissionIllinois Supreme Court · 1990
- Potomac Leasing Co. v. Chuck's Pub, Inc.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1987
- Clinic Masters v. District Court for Cty. of El PasoSupreme Court of Colorado · 1976
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