· 3/7/2007
Ella M. Beler v. Blatt, Hasenmiller, Leibsker & Moore, LLC
Citations
- 480 F.3d 470
- 2007 U.S. App. LEXIS 5260
- 2007 WL 675625
How courts have described this case
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- holding that § 1692f 2 “does not take a state‐law dispute and move it to federal court”
- noting that plaintiff argued that description in affidavit of contracts creating debt was “not clear enough to enable an unsophisticated consumer”
- noting that plaintiff argued that description in affidavit of contracts creating debt was “not clear enough to enable an unsophisticated consumer”
- stating that if the FDCPA applies to state-court complaints, it does not require that all language in the complaint be understandable by unsophisticated consumers
- With respect to Section 1692f, “[t]he phrase ‘unfair or unconscionable’ is as vague as they come.”
- “[I]t is far from clear that the FDCPA controls the contents of pleadings in state court.”
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Judges: Easterbrook, Wood, Williams
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