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POIRIER v. ALCO COLLECTIONS, INC.

No. 95-31237.

107 F.3d 347 (1997)

Dixie Vidrine POIRIER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALCO COLLECTIONS, INC. and James Allen, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 17, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garth Jonathan Ridge, Baton Rouge, LA, Richard John Rubin, Santa Fe, NM, Joanne S. Faulkner, New Haven, CT, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Charles Eugene Daspit, Shoemaker, Lazarre, Daspit & Blackwell, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DUHÉ and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

Dixie Vidrine Poirier sued Alco Collections, Inc., and Alco's president, James Allen, for violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA"), 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Alco and Allen, and Poirier appealed. Because of an intervening Louisiana Court of Appeals decision, we reverse the district court and remand.

BACKGROUND

Poirier allegedly owed...

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