Legal Opinion
Adams v. Zenas Zelotes, Esq.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 18, 2010No. Docket 07-1853-cvPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Per curiam
On October 14, 2005, Plaintiff-Appellee Zenas Zelotes, an attorney whose “principal practice area is consumer bankruptcy,” filed a complaint in United States District Court for the District of Connecticut alleging that a provision of the Bankruptcy Code, as amended by the Bankruptcy Abuse Prevention and Consumer Protection Act (“BAPCPA”) of 2005, Pub.L. No. 109-8, 119 Stat. 23 (2005), is facially invalid under the First Amendment. The district court (Dorsey, J.) found this provision, 11 U.S.C. § 526(a)(4), which prohibits debt relief agencies, including attorneys, from advising consumer…
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