Legal Opinion
Mark Suesz v. Med-1 Solutions, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 2, 2014No. 13-1821PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON and POSNER, Circuit Judges.
The federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) requires a collector of consumer debts to file its debt-collection suit in the “judicial district or similar legal entity” where the contract was signed or where the debtor resides. 15 U.S.C. § 1692L This appeal requires us to apply this statutory language to the nine small claims courts in Marion County, Indiana, which together hear some 70,000 civil cases each year. This interpretive issue has significant consequences not only for consumer debtors and debt collectors in Marion County but also for…
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