TOMS v. ALLIED BOND & COLLECTION AGENCY, INC.

No. 98-1942.

179 F.3d 103 (1999)

Robert TOMS, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ALLIED BOND & COLLECTION AGENCY, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellee. National Association of Consumer Advocates; Trial Lawyers For Public Justice; Virginia Trial Lawyers' Association; Virginia Poverty Law Center, Incorporated; American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia Foundation, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Owen Randolph Bragg, Horwitz, Horwitz & Assoc., Chicago, Illinois, for Appellant. Carol Thomas Stone, Jordan, Coyne & Savits, L.L.P., Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Dale W. Pittman, Law Offices Of Dale W. Pittman, Petersburg, Virginia, for Appellant. Jennifer R. Helsel, Jordan, Coyne & Savits, L.L.P., Fairfax, Virginia, for Appellee. David Rubenstein, Virginia Poverty Law Center, Inc., Richmond, Virginia; Patricia Sturdevant, National Association Of Consumer Advocates, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, and WIDENER and KING, Circuit Judges.


Dismissed by published opinion. Chief Judge Wilkinson wrote the opinion, in which Judge Widener and Judge King joined.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Chief Judge:

We face here the appeal of an adverse class certification ruling by a plaintiff who settled his claim with defendants after class certification was denied. Robert Toms filed individual and class claims against Allied Bond & Collection Agency for alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices...

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