United States Second Circuit

Summary dismissal reversed on plaintiff's claim that plaintiffs violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act by sending debt collection letters that purported to be, but were not in any meaningful way, "from" attorneys.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/26/2003
• Published 02/26/2003

Judges

• SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judge., Before:  KEARSE, McLAUGHLIN, and SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Christopher V. Langone, Chicago, IL (Brian L. Bromberg, New York, NY, Lance Raphael, Chicago, IL, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas A. Leghorn, Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Brett A. Scher, of counsel), for defendants-appellees Wolpoff & Abramson and Upton, Cohen & Slamowitz., Kevin G. McMorrow, Ahmuty, Demers & McManus, Albertson, N.Y. (Neil H. Angel, on the brief), for defendant-appellee National Attorney Network, Inc.