Smith v. Computer Credit, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
167 F.3d 1052 · 1999
Citation profile
9 federal appellate ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 33 later decisions — most recently November 2017 · most notably Wilson v. Quadramed Corp. (2000), Lori Pettit v. Retrieval Masterss Bureau, Inc.
9 federal appellate ·
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1692G (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act)
Relies on Miller v. Currie · Swanson v. Southern Oregon Credit Service, Inc. · Smith v. Transworld Systems, Inc. · Craighead · Terran v. Kaplan
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 33 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(1) the amount of the debt; (2) the name of the creditor to whom the debt is owed; (3) a statement that unless the consumer, within thirty days after receipt of the notice, disputes the validity of the debt, or any portion thereof, the debt will be assumed to be valid by the debt collector; (4) a statement that if the consumer notifies the debt collector in writing within the thirty-day period that the debt, or any portion thereof, is disputed, the debt collector will obtain verification of the debt or a copy of a judgment against the consumer and a copy of such verification or judgment will be mailed to the consumer by the debt collector; and (5) a statement that, upon the consumer’s written request within the thirty-day period, the debt collector will provide the consumer with the name and address of the original creditor, if different from the current creditor.”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage“`lower than simply examining whether particular language would deceive or mislead a reasonable debtor.'”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“A collection agency does not have to stop its collection efforts to comply with the Act.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.