Hoover v. May Department Stores Co.

Because I cannot agree that this case should have been permitted to proceed as a class action, nor that the defendant violated the Illinois and Missouri retail credit statutes, nor that there is a basis in law or equity for the sweeping remedies fashioned by the trial court, I must respectfully dissent.

As this court said just three years ago, the class action is a device which requires “close and vigilant scrutiny” by the courts, and “should be resorted to only when complete justice to all interested parties will follow from its application.” (Dailey v. Sunset Hills Trust Estate, 30 Ill. App.…