United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for debt collector is affirmed where the procedures that the defendant debt collector adopted in order to try to avoid dunning a debtor for a debt discharged in bankruptcy proceedings were reasonable under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/04/2007
• Decided 03/13/2007
• Published 03/14/2007

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, RIPPLE, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• David J. Philipps (argued), Gomolinski & Philipps, Palos Hills, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Joseph S. Messer (argued), Amy R. Jonker, Messer & Stilp, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.