Legal Opinion
Ryan Boucher v. Finance System of Green Bay, I
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided January 17, 2018No. 17-2308PublishedCited by 354 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs sued defendant, a debt collection agency, for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”). Specifically, plaintiffs allege that defendant’s dunning letters were false and misleading because they threatened to impose “late charges and other charges” that could not lawfully be imposed. The district court dismissed plaintiffs’ claims because the challenged statement mirrors the safe harbor language that this Court instructed debt collectors to use in Miller v. McCalla, Raymer, Padrick, Cobb, Nichols, & Clark, LLC, 214 F.3d 872 (7th Cir. 2000).…
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