Legal Opinion
Gruber v. Creditors' Protection Service, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 23, 2014No. 13-2084, 13-2164, 13-2297, 13-2351PublishedCited by 92 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Four plaintiffs filed separate lawsuits against four separate defendants, alleging that similar debt collection letters were sent in violation of 15 U.S.C. § 1692g(a)(4) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (the “Act”). A district judge and three magistrate judges, all sitting in the Eastern District of Wisconsin, dismissed the respective actions for failure to state a claim. The plaintiffs appealed. We consolidated these appeals and now affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
Between 2012 and 2013, plaintiffs 1 received letters from defendants 2 that read, in pertinent part, as…
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