Legal Opinion
Darlene Jenkins v. George W. Heintz and Bowman, Heintz, Boscia & McPhee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 23, 1997No. 96-3410PublishedCited by 110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Darlene Jenkins bought a car. The sales contract required that she maintain certain insurance on it. According to the bank to which the sales contract was assigned, Jenkins failed to take out the proper insurance, so the bank took it out for her. Jenkins could not make all the payments on her car loan, and the defendants, who are collection lawyers, sued Jenkins in Illinois state court to recover the deficiency, including the insurance premiums. Jenkins countersued the collection lawyers in federal court under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1601 et…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Heintz v. JenkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Department of Revenue of Ore. v. ACF Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Beecham v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
- Robert WALLACE, II, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SMC PNEUMATICS, INC., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
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3Cited by110 opinions
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- Ruth v. Triumph PartnershipsCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2009
- McCollough v. Johnson, Rodenburg & Lauinger, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2011
- Kort v. Diversified Collection Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2005
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