A collection agency that works for the federal government deceived debtors by telling them student loans were “ineligible for bankruptcy discharge,” a federal appeals panel ruled yesterday, reinstating a proposed class action that had been dismissed by a Buffalo judge.
The unanimous unsigned ruling by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Easterling v. Collecto, 11-3209, was joined by Judges Robert Katzmann (See Profile), Richard Wesley (See Profile) and Gerard Lynch (See Profile).
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