Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Pushpin Holdings, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 9, 2014No. 14-8006PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This class-action suit, which had been filed in an Illinois state court, accuses Pushpin Holdings (we can ignore the other defendants — owners and affiliates of Pushpin and entities alleged to have been acting in concert with it) of having violated the Illinois Consumer Fraud Act, 815 ILCS 505/2, by operating as a debt collector in Illinois without an Illinois license, as required by 225 ILCS 425/4, and also of having committed common law torts of abuse of process and malicious prosecution in attempting to collect debts. Pushpin removed the case to federal district court…
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