Supreme Court of Illinois

In a class action involving allegedly faulty "webBroker" accounts with a discount securities brokerage company, denial of brokerage company's motion to strike is affirmed where: 1) the court had jurisdiction to hear the interlocutory appeal by brokerage company; and 2) plaintiff's pleadings were sufficient to survive its motion to strike the class action allegations.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/23/2004
• Published 02/12/2007

Judges

• Justice FITZGERALD delivered the opinion of the court:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Phil C. Neal,H. Nicholas Berberian, Terry D. Weissman and Hari Sevugan, of Neal, Gerber & Eisenberg, Chicago, for appellant., Howard J. Roin, Chicago, and Miriam R. Nemetz and Craig W. Canetti, Washington, D.C., all of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw, and Robin S. Conrad, Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard S. Reizen, Scott A. Browdy and John C. Anderson, of Kubasiak, Fylstra, Reizen & Rotunno, P.C., Chicago, for appellee.