Legal Opinion
Birgetta A. Davis Boyd and Charlene Harrison v. Norman P. Wexler, Doing Business as Wexler and Wexler
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 28, 2001No. 01-1809PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from the grant of summary judgment to the defendant, a lawyer named Norman Wexler, presents questions regarding both the meaning of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692 et seq., and the minimum showing required to defeat a motion for summary judgment.
The Act forbids a debt collector, which Wexler is conceded to be, to “use any false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means in connection with the collection of any debt,” 15 U.S.C. § 1692e, including “the false representation or implication that any individual is an attorney or…
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