United States Seventh Circuit

In a class action related to debt collection, district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is affirmed where the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is not violated by a false statements if it would neither mislead or deceive the unsophisticated consumer. The defendant's statements were not false or misleading, nor would the language have confused any reasonable, unsophisticated consumer.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/23/2009
• Decided 02/23/2009
• Published 02/23/2009

Judges

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

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel A. Edelman, Attorney (argued), Edelman, Combs & Latturner, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard E. Gottlieb, Attorney (argued), Dykema Gossett, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.