ADAIR v. SHERMAN

No. 99-1736.

230 F.3d 890 (2000)

James W. ADAIR, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Michael L. SHERMAN and Sherman & Sherman, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 25, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Edelman (argued), Tara L. Goodwin, Edelman, Combs & Latturner, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael P. Tone (argued), Ross, Dixon & Bell, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, EASTERBROOK and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


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...

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