Legal Opinion
In re Sterling
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 13, 2019No. 18-2773PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
St. Eve, Circuit Judge.
Debtors' prisons are viewed as relics of the past, long out of use and out of favor. Yet here we face a case of a jailed debtor that calls to mind the days when people were imprisoned for failing to pay their debts.
Jacqueline Sterling owed outstanding fees to Southlake Nautilus Health & Racquet Club, Inc., and Southlake had its counsel, Austgen, Kuiper & Associates, P.C. ("Austgen"),1 institute a state-court collection action in Lake County, Indiana. A federal bankruptcy court later discharged Sterling's debt to Southlake. Although Sterling notified Southlake of the…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Irwin v. Department of Veterans AffairsSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Meyer v. HolleySupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- Jeanette Randolph v. Imbs, Inc., Cheryl Alexander v. Unlimited Progress Corp., Cross-Appellee. Jennifer J. Cross v. Risk Management Alternatives, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2004
- Stamat v. NearyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2011
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3Cited by20 opinions
- Kenneth Pucillo v. National Credit Systems, IncoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2023
- Stephanie Reygadas v. DNF AssociatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2020
- Jacqueline Sterling v. Southlake Nautilus Health & Racquett Club, IncorpoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2025
- Bach v. Office of Lawyer RegulationUnited States Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 2022
- Devon Eminger, et al. v. Kendallville City of, et al.District Court, N.D. Indiana · 2026
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