Legal Opinion
Michael Durkin and Loretta Reed, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Equifax Check Services, Inc., a Delaware Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 18, 2005No. 04-2289PublishedCited by 360 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Equifax Check Services, Iric., 1 uses a series of form letters to assist it in collecting debts from dishonored checks, Equifax mailed such a series of letters to Michael Durkin and, separately, to Loretta Reed. Believing that certain letters were unacceptably confusing, Durkin, an,d later Reed, sued Equifax under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692, et seq. The district court consolidated the two actions into one. After denying the plaintiffs summary judgment, the district court granted Equifax’s motion to exclude the plaintiffs’ only…
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