Legal Opinion
McCabe v. Burgess
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided April 18, 1979No. 50676PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ryan
James McCabe brought this suit to enforce the holdings of our prior decisions of People v. McCabe (1971), 49 Ill. 2d 338, and People v. Meyerowitz (1975), 61 Ill. 2d 200, through a class action. (James McCabe is not the same person as the defendant in People v. McCabe.) The Champaign County circuit court dismissed the class action. The appellate court reversed. (57 Ill. App. 3d 450.) We granted leave to appeal. The primary issue presented for review is the validity of the trial court’s refusal to certify a class action.
James McCabe has alleged that he was convicted and paid a fine under the…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Steinberg v. Chicago Medical SchoolIllinois Supreme Court · 1977
- The People v. McCabeIllinois Supreme Court · 1971
- Whitney v. MaddenIllinois Supreme Court · 1948
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,263 Frank S. Yamamoto, Individually And, Derivatively, on Behalf of Investors Finance, Inc. v. Kazuo OmiyaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- James S. CAREY, Plaintiff-Appellee-Cross Appellant, v. GREYHOUND BUS CO., INC., Et Al., Defendants-Appellants-Cross AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
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