Legal Opinion
Dawn M. Newsom, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Lawrence Friedman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 5, 1996No. 95-1453PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Lawrence Friedman is a Chicago attorney who specializes in collecting debts. He filed suit against Dawn Newsom in the first municipal district of the Circuit Court of Cook County. The court where he filed was located in the Daley Center in downtown Chicago. Friedman obtained a default judgment and initiated collection proceedings. Because Newsom resided in the third municipal district located in a suburb of Chicago, she filed this suit against Friedman (on behalf of herself and similarly situated debtors) claiming violations under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act,…
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