VANDERKODDE v. MARY JANE M. ELLIOTT, P.C.

Nos. 19-1091/1127/1128.

951 F.3d 397 (2020)

Daniel VANDERKODDE; Susan Buck; Ruby Robinson; Anita Beckley; Ritchie Swagerty, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiffs-appellants/Cross-appellees (19-1091/1127/1128), v. MARY JANE M. ELLIOTT, P.C. (19-1091/1127); Berndt & Associates, P.C. (19-1091/1128), Defendants-appellees/cross-appellants, Lvnv Funding, LLC; Midland Funding, LLC; Midland Credit Management, Inc.; Encore Capital Group, Inc., Defendants-appellees (19-1091).

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: February 26, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Theodore J. Westbrook , WESTBROOK LAW PLLC, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Daniel VanderKodde, Susan Buck, Ruby Robinson, Anita Beckley, and Ritchie Swagerty. Michael J. Cook , COLLINS EINHORN FARRELL PC, Southfield, Michigan for Mary Jane M. Elliott, P.C. C. Thomas Ludden , LIPSON NEILSON P.C., Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Berndt & Associates, P.C. Theodore W. Seitz , DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Lansing, Michigan, for Midland Funding, LLC, Midland Credit Management, Inc., and Encore Capital Group, Inc. ON BRIEF: Theodore J. Westbrook , WESTBROOK LAW PLLC, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Phillip C. Rogers , Kevin J. Rogers , LAW OFFICE OF PHILLIP C. ROGERS, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Daniel VanderKodde, Susan Buck, Ruby Robinson, Anita Beckley, and Ritchie Swagerty. Michael J. Cook , COLLINS EINHORN FARRELL PC, Southfield, Michigan for Mary Jane M. Elliott, P.C. C. Thomas Ludden , Karen A. Smyth , LIPSON NEILSON P.C., Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Berndt & Associates, P.C. Theodore W. Seitz , DYKEMA GOSSETT PLLC, Lansing, Michigan, for Midland Funding, LLC, Midland Credit Management, Inc., and Encore Capital Group, Inc. Nabil G. Foster , HINSHAW & CULBERTSON LLP, Chicago, Illinois, for LVNV Funding, LLC.

Before: GUY, SUTTON, and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges.


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