Legal Opinion
Mace v. Van Ru Credit Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 17, 1997No. 96-1206PublishedCited by 317 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
The question before us is whether the existence of a damage limitation or cap in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) has a bearing on the sort of class action that may be brought under that statute. Specifically at issue is whether the district court correctly found an implicit qualification to the statute’s plain language, requiring the class to be nation-wide.
We review the district court’s denial of class action certification under the FDCPA and under the Wisconsin Consumer Act. 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq.; Wis. Stat. § 427.104(Z). The district court had…
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