United States Seventh Circuit

Defendants blatantly violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Because the court never awarded costs to the debt collectors, plaintiff was never obligated to pay these costs; defendant's letter demanding payment of these costs as a debt violated sections 1692e and 1692f(1), while failure to send a follow-up letter violated section 1692g(a).

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/21/2004
• Decided 02/26/2004
• Published 02/26/2004

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and POSNER and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael S. Hilicki (argued), Beeler, Schad & Diamond, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., Paul D. Lawent (argued), pro se, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.