Legal Opinion
Ralph M. Cox, on Behalf of Himself and Others Similarly Situated v. Zale Delaware, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 8, 2001No. 99-4239PublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
A large class-action suit has grown out of a tiny acorn of a dispute. In 1993 Ralph Cox filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code. In the list of debts that he submitted to the bankruptcy court he listed a debt to Zale, from which he had bought (on credit) a ring in which Zale retained a security interest. About a month after the submission of the list of debts he signed an agreement with Zale reaffirming the debt and agreeing to pay the unpaid balance of $218.93 at the rate of $15 a month. The next month the bankruptcy proceeding…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Dewsnup v. TimmSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
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