Legal Opinion
James W. Adair v. Michael L. Sherman and Sherman & Sherman
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 25, 2000No. 99-1736PublishedCited by 155 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
James Adair brought this action under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq. He contends that Michael Sherman and his law firm, Sherman & Sherman (collectively “Sherman & Sherman”), overvalued their secured claims in Mr. Adair’s Chapter 13 bankruptcy proceedings. The district court held that Mr. Adair’s action was barred because he had failed to object to the valuation of the claim in the bankruptcy court. For the reasons set forth in the following opinion, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
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BACKGROUND
Because the district…
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