United States Seventh Circuit

In an action involving the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), dismissal for lack of subject matter jurisdiction based on the Rooker-Feldman doctrine is affirmed where: 1) the FDCPA claims ultimately requires the court to evaluate and determine that the state court judgments granting the attorney fees were in error; and 2) the plaintiffs had opportunities to raise their FDCPA claims in state court upon transfer of their cases to the plenary docket.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/04/2008
• Decided 11/25/2008
• Published 11/25/2008

Judges

• FLAUM, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, FLAUM, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert E. Stochel, Attorney (argued), Hoffman & Stochel, Crown Point, IN, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Eric D. Johnson, Attorney, Peter A. Velde, Attorney, Kightlinger & Gray, Indianapolis, IN, for Defendants-Appellees.