Legal Opinion
Gwendolyn Phillips v. Asset Acceptance, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 2, 2013No. 13-2251PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
We have granted the plaintiffs petition for leave to appeal the district court’s denial of her motion to certify a class.
The plaintiff, a consumer, was sued by Asset Acceptance, a debt collector that is the defendant in this case, for a debt arising from her purchase of natural gas for household use. She riposted with the present suit, which charges that Asset Acceptance sued her after the statute of limitations on the creditor’s claim had run. If this is true, Asset Acceptance’s suit violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692 et seq.; see §§…
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