SKELTON v. GENERAL MOTORS CORP.

Nos. 87-1404, 87-1530 and 87-1610.

860 F.2d 250 (1988)

Arlie Glen SKELTON, et al., on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee. APPEALS OF SACHNOFF, WEAVER & RUBENSTEIN, LTD. and Law Offices of Beverly C. Moore, Jr.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 14, 1988.

Rehearings and Rehearings Denied January 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lowell E. Sachnoff, Sachnoff Weaver & Rubenstein, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., Michael P. Malakoff, Berger Kapetan Malakoff & Meyers, Pittsburg, Pa., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William R. Jentes, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUDAHY and COFFEY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearings and Rehearings En Banc Denied January 13, 1989.

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of a series of class actions brought against General Motors Corporation ("GM") for allegedly substituting less efficient engines and various other automotive parts (including transmissions) into certain lines of GM automobiles. The suits, brought in Illinois, New York and Washington, D.C., culminated when the consolidated class filed a complaint against GM...

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