United States Seventh Circuit

An auto lease's reference to the "constant-yield method" of calculating an early termination charge is not too abstruse to be "clear," under the Truth In Lending Act, unless a better explanation is available and lessor intentionally tried to obfuscate the concept.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/27/2000
• Decided 01/09/2001
• Published 01/09/2001

Judges

• EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Christopher V. Langone, argued, Chicago, IL, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas Crisham, argued, Jean M. Prendergast, Quinlan & Crisham, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.