The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently affirmed the dismissal of a class-action fraud and deceptive practices claims against the owners of the Zillow.com real estate valuation website.The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois found in Patel v. Zillow Inc. that the plaintiffs failed to sufficiently allege colorable consumer fraud and deceptive trade practices claims based mainly on the website’s Zestimate feature — an algorithm-based property value estimator.The court dismissed the …