EXHIBIT 5.1









                                              July 24, 1997


CTI Industries Corporation
22160 North Pepper Road
Barrington, Illinois 60010

Attention:  President

         Re:      CTI Industries Corporation
                  Registration Statement on Form SB-2

Ladies and Gentlemen:

         CTI Industries  Corporation  (the  "Company") has filed with the United
States  Securities and Exchange  Commission (the  "Commission"),  a Registration
Statement on Form SB-2 (Commission Registration No. _________),  with respect to
which this opinion is to be an exhibit, relating to the proposed sale:

                  1. By the  Company  of  1,333,333  previously  unissued  units
         ("Units"),  consisting of up to 1,333,333 previously unissued shares of
         its  common  stock,  $.065 par value  ("Common  Stock")  and  1,333,333
         previously  unissued five year  redeemable  warrants  ("Warrants")  and
         1,333,333  previously  unissued shares of Common Stock underlying these
         Warrants ("Underlying Common Stock");

                  2.  By  the  Company  of  199,999  previously  unissued  Units
         ("Over-Allotment  Units"),  consisting of 199,999  previously  unissued
         shares  of Common  Stock  ("Over-  Allotment  Common  Stock"),  199,999
         previously  unissued Warrants  ("Over-Allotment  Warrants") and 199,999
         previously  unissued  shares  of  Common  Stock  underlying  the  Over-
         Allotment Warrants ("Over-Allotment Underlying Common Stock");





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                  3.  Of  133,333  previously  unissued  underwriter's  purchase
         options  ("Underwriter's  Purchase  Options"),  consisting  of  133,333
         previously  unissued  Units  ("Underwriter's  Units"),   consisting  of
         133,333  previously  unissued  shares of Common  Stock  ("Underwriter's
         Common Stock"),  133,333 previously  unissued Warrants  ("Underwriter's
         Warrants")  and  133,333  previously  unissued  shares of Common  Stock
         underlying the Underwriter's Warrants ("Underwriter's Underlying Common
         Stock").

         The Registration  Statement,  as amended,  is herein referred to as the
"Registration Statement".

         We have acted as securities  counsel for the Company in connection with
the transactions  that are the subject matter of the Registration  Statement and
are  familiar  with the  various  corporate  proceedings  relating  thereto.  In
connection  with the  Registration  Statement,  we have examined such  corporate
records of the Company and such other instruments, documents and certificates as
we have  deemed  necessary  as a basis for this  opinion.  For  purposes of this
opinion,  we have assumed (i) the accuracy and completeness of all data supplied
by the Company,  its officers,  directors or agents,  (ii) that the transactions
set forth in the  Registration  Statement are  consummated as set forth therein,
(iii) that the Commission shall have issued an order under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended,  declaring effective the Registration Statement, and (iv) that
all  requisite  authorizations,  approvals,  consents  or  exemptions  under the
securities  laws of the  various  states and other  jurisdictions  of the United
States of America shall have been obtained.

         Based upon the  foregoing,  we are of the opinion  that the Units,  the
Common Stock,  the Warrants,  the Underlying  Common Stock,  the  Over-Allotment
Units,  the  Over-Allotment  Common  Stock,  the  Over-Allotment  Warrants,  the
Over-Allotment  Underlying Common Stock, the Underwriter's Purchase Options, the
Underwriter's Units, the Underwriter's Common Stock, the Underwriter's  Warrants
and the Underwriter's  Underlying Common Stock to be sold in accordance with the
Registration Statement, are duly authorized and upon issuance, delivery and sale
thereof, for the consideration specified in the Registration Statement,  will be
legally issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

         We hereby  consent to the  filing of this  opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration  Statement and as a part of, or as an exhibit to, any document that
may be filed with respect to the proposed transactions under the securities laws
of the various  states and other  jurisdictions  of the United  States.  We also
consent to be named in the  Registration  Statement and in the Prospectus  which
constitutes  a part  thereof as the counsel  that will pass upon  certain  legal
matters for the Company in connection with the sale of the Company's securities.


                                Very truly yours,


      /s/ Fishman Merrick Miller Genelly Springer Klimek & Anderson, P.C.
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