United States Seventh Circuit

In a suit alleging that defendant violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) in its efforts to collect upon a debt, summary judgment for plaintiff is reversed where: 1) defendant was a "debt collector" subject to the FDCPA; but 2) the "validation of debt" notice defendant sent to plaintiff was clear on its face, and provided the statutorily-required information.

Appellate Information

• Argued 10/30/2007
• Decided 11/13/2008
• Published 11/13/2008

Judges

• SYKES, Circuit Judge., Before MANION, ROVNER, and SYKES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• O. Randolph Bragg (argued), Horwitz Horwitz & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee., James K. Borcia (argued), Tressler, Soderstrom, Maloney & Priess, Chicago, IL, F. Dean Armstrong, Armstrong Law Firm, Flossmoor, IL, for Defendant-Appellant.