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Debt Collection Datasets

This file contains data from a variety of state courts about how debt collectors and banks have used lawsuits to collect on old debts. It was used to to create the graphics "So Sue Them: What We've Learned About the Debt Collection Lawsuit Machine," by Paul Kiel and Lena Groeger.

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