ZARTMAN v. SHAPIRO AND MEINHOLD

No. 89CA1769.

811 P.2d 409 (1990)

James ZARTMAN, Mary DeLancy, Roger Morphew, Individually and on behalf of the class of persons herein described, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SHAPIRO AND MEINHOLD, Gerald M. Shapiro, Don H. Meinhold, P.C., Haligman and Lottner, P.C., Kevin H. Burke & Associates, P.C., Janet M. Adams, in her official capacity as Clerk of the Denver District Court and on behalf of the class of persons herein described, E. Marie Gardner, in her official capacity as Clerk of the El Paso District Court and on behalf of the class of persons herein described, Patricia Patterman, in her official capacity as Clerk of the Boulder District Court and on behalf of the class of persons herein described, Defendants-Appellees.

Colorado Court of Appeals, Div. A.

Rehearing Denied November 23, 1990.

Certiorari Granted May 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Kathleen Mullen, P.C., Kathleen Mullen, Benjamin Sachs, Denver, Stone, Sheehy, Rosen & Byrne, P.C., Andrew Rosen, Boulder, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Phillip A. Vaglica, Retherford, Mullen, Rector & Johnson, Jerry A. Retherford, Colorado Springs, for defendants-appellees Shapiro and Meinhold, Gerald M. Shapiro and Don H. Meinhold, P.C.

Richard I. Brown, Scott L. Levin, Solomon L. Leftin, Englewood, for defendants-appellees Haligman and Lottner, P.C.

Hall & Evans, Edward H. Widmann, John E. Bolmer, II, Denver, for defendant-appellee Kevin H. Burke & Associates, P.C.

Duane Woodard, Atty. Gen., Charles B. Howe, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Richard H. Forman, Sol. Gen., Neil L. Tillquist, Asst. Atty. Gen., Denver, for defendants-appellees District Court Clerks.


Opinion by Chief Judge STERNBERG.

The plaintiffs, property owners, filed a class action suit against defendant-attorneys for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. § 1692, et seq. (1982), and against defendant-district court clerks under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1982) for violations of the Due Process Clause of the United States Constitution. The property owners appeal the order which granted the defendants' motions

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