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Foster v. Velocity Investments, LLC

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29 Cited authorities

  1. D.C. Court of Appeals v. Feldman

    460 U.S. 462 (1983)   Cited 10,600 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding plaintiffs’ claims that the state court acted arbitrarily and capriciously in denying plaintiffs’ petitions for waiver were inextricably intertwined with the state-court judgment denying their petitions

  2. Colorado River Water Cons. Dist. v. U.S.

    424 U.S. 800 (1976)   Cited 8,204 times   13 Legal Analyses
    Holding that, in limited circumstances, federal courts should abstain from deciding a case when there are related proceedings pending in state court

  3. Briscoe v. LaHue

    460 U.S. 325 (1983)   Cited 2,562 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that absolute immunity applies to claims of perjured testimony

  4. Heintz v. Jenkins

    514 U.S. 291 (1995)   Cited 1,133 times   8 Legal Analyses
    Holding that “debt collector” as used in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692a, includes attorneys notwithstanding the definition's lack of an express reference to lawyers or litigation

  5. Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co.

    263 U.S. 413 (1923)   Cited 9,788 times   3 Legal Analyses
    Holding that federal suit was "merely an attempt to get rid of the judgment for alleged errors of law committed" by the state courts

  6. Keele v. Wexler

    149 F.3d 589 (7th Cir. 1998)   Cited 665 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding plaintiff had Article III standing where defendant tried to collect an illegal collection fee, even if plaintiff did not pay the fee

  7. Wade v. Regional Credit Ass'n

    87 F.3d 1098 (9th Cir. 1996)   Cited 275 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that sending a debtor correct notice of debt and risks to her credit was not a violation of the FDCPA even though debt collector was not licensed in debtor's state

  8. Beler v. Blatt

    480 F.3d 470 (7th Cir. 2007)   Cited 180 times
    Holding that § 1692f “does not take a state-law dispute and move it to federal court”

  9. Todd v. Weltman, Weinberg Reis Co., L.P.A

    434 F.3d 432 (6th Cir. 2006)   Cited 147 times
    Holding Rooker-Feldman not triggered because the plaintiff did not allege that he was injured by the state-court judgment, but instead filed an independent federal claim that he was injured by the defendant's filing of a false affidavit in the state-court proceeding

  10. Axa Corporate Solutions v. Underwriters Reinsurance Corp.

    347 F.3d 272 (7th Cir. 2003)   Cited 116 times
    Holding that Colorado River abstention doctrine, not Illinois abatement statute, governed propriety of district court's dismissal in deference to concurrent state court proceeding

  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 489,827 times   693 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

  12. Section 1692 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose

    15 U.S.C. § 1692   Cited 15,037 times   139 Legal Analyses
    Finding that abusive debt-collection practices lead to "personal bankruptcies," "marital instability," "loss of jobs," and "invasions of individual privacy"

  13. Section 1692e - False or misleading representations

    15 U.S.C. § 1692e   Cited 6,945 times   109 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting false representation of the "character, amount, or legal status of a debt"

  14. Section 735 ILCS 5/2-615 - Motions with respect to pleadings

    735 ILCS 5/2-615   Cited 3,842 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Criticizing use of section 2-619 motions in such situations

  15. Section 1692g - Validation of debts

    15 U.S.C. § 1692g   Cited 3,451 times   68 Legal Analyses
    Setting forth requirements for disputing a debt