Legal Opinion
Farid M. Sayyed v. Wolpoff & Abramson
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided May 9, 2007No. 06-1458PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Chief Judge WILKINS and Judge MOTZ joined.
OPINION
WILKINSON, Circuit Judge.
This case involves claims under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq. (2000). Farid Sayyed sued the law firm Wolpoff & Abramson (“W & A”) under the FDCPA for actions taken in W & A’s effort to collect a debt from Sayyed by means of a suit in Maryland state court. Defendant W & A moved to dismiss for failure to state a claim, arguing that it enjoyed common law litigation immunity from the FDCPA.…
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