AUTOMOTIVE FINANCE CORP. v. SMART AUTO CENTER

No. 02-3811.

334 F.3d 685 (2003)

AUTOMOTIVE FINANCE CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SMART AUTO CENTER, INC. and Carl Schwibinger, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 2, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Groth (argued), Bose, McKinney & Evans, Indianapolis, IN, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

William P. Te Winkle (argued), Rohde Dales, Sheboygan, WI, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before EASTERBROOK, ROVNER, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

This case arises out of the efforts of Automotive Finance Corporation (AFC) to collect on loans it made to Carl Schwibinger, a used car dealer, and Smart Auto Center, Inc., his dealership. Before filing suit, AFC tried a little self-help-repossessing a number of Smart Auto cars and attempting to take others that Schwibinger purchased individually. Smart Auto and Schwibinger (whom we'll refer...

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