United States Tenth Circuit

In an action alleging a violation of the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act and also raising state law claims, dismissal of plaintiff's complaint for lack of standing is reversed as Chapter 13 bankruptcy debtors, such as plaintiff, have standing to bring claims in their own name on behalf of the bankruptcy estate.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/11/2008
• Published 04/14/2008

Judges

• McKAY, Circuit Judge., Before O'BRIEN, McKAY, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Tenth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Nancy A. Zerr (Garvin A. Isaacs with her on the briefs), Garvin A. Isaacs, Inc., Oklahoma City, OK, for Plaintiff-Appellant Shauna E. Smith.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph B. Miner, Little, Miner & Petersen, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendants-Appellees David Rockett, Lindsey Willis-Andrews, Clark & Rockett, P.C., and Rock Pile, L.L.C., and James A. Slayton, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendants-Appellees Allied Physicians Group, Inc., Brent D. Siemens, Inc., and Brent D. Siemens, and Jerry J. Dunlap, II, Oklahoma City, OK, for Defendant-Appellee Jerry J. Dunlap, II.