Appellate Court of Illinois

In a suit seeking class relief for certain customers who were charged improper and excessive fees resulting in a certified question regarding whether the court abused its discretion when it imposed the equitable doctrine of judicial estoppel to bar Blockbuster from challenging certification of a national litigation, the class certification is reversed and the matter remanded with directions where a party's position during settlement can be relevant to whether certification is proper for litigation purposes, it cannot act as de facto certification for litigation purposes.

Appellate Information

• Decided 09/26/2007
• Published 09/28/2007

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• Appellate Court of Illinois

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