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Fleming v. Pickard, No. 07-35979

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In an action under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) alleging an improper debt collection lawsuit, judgment on the pleadings for defendants is affirmed where a cause of action for tortious conversion does not constitute a debt within the meaning of the FDCPA.

Read Fleming v. Pickard, No. 07-35979

Appellate Information

Submitted May 7, 2009

Filed September 9, 2009

Judges

Opinion by Judge Paez

Counsel

For Appellants:

James Sturdevant, Bellingham, WA

For Appellees:

Terence John Cullen, Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S., Seattle, WA

Susan Kathleen McIntosh, Forsberg & Umlauf, P.S., Seattle, WA

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