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MORRISON v. YTB INTERN., INC.

No. 10-2529.

649 F.3d 533 (2011)

Faye MORRISON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. YTB INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 27, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christian G. Montroy (argued), Montroy Law Offices, East St. Louis, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

James G. Martin (argued), Armstrong Teasdale, St. Louis, MO, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and ROVNER, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs allege that YTB International, a firm based in Illinois and doing business as both YTB and YourTravelBiz.com, is violating the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act. That statute forbids pyramid schemes, 815 ILCS 505/2A(2), which it defines as any venture in which a participant's profit "is primarily based upon the inducement of additional persons ... to participate in the same plan or operation and is not primarily contingent on the volume...

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