Peter v. GC Services L.P.’s Empirical Analysis
310 F.3d 344 · 2002
Citation profile
16 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 43 later decisions — most recently December 2020 · most notably Gonzalez v. Kay (2009), 424 F. Supp. 2d 643 - Foti v. NCO Financial Systems, Inc. (2006)
16 federal appellate · 7 district · 1 state decisions
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
Relies on Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Travelers Insurance · Russell v. Equifax A.R.S. · Jeter v. Credit Bureau, Inc.
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 43 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“• A statement that the debt will be assumed to be valid unless the consumer disputes it within thirty days after receipt of the notice; • A statement that if the consumer notifies the debt collector in writing within the thirty-day period that the debt is disputed, the debt collector will obtain verification of the debt and will mail the verification to thfe consumer; and • A statement that the debt collector will provide the consumer with the name and address of the original creditor if different from the current creditor upon the consumer’s written request within the thirty-day period.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“The Senate Report accompanying the FDCPA explained that the purpose of the act was “to protect consumers from a host of unfair, harassing and deceptive debt collection practices without imposing unnecessary restrictions on ethical debt collectors.” S. REP. NO. 95-382, at 1-2, reprinted in 1977 U.S. Code Cong. & Admin. News 1695, 1696. One of the deceptive practices Congress was concerned about was “impersonating public officials”.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“YOUR STUDENT LOAN, WHICH IS IN SERIOUS DEFAULT, HAS BEEN REFERRED TO GC SERVICES — A CONTRACTED PROFESSIONAL COLLECTION AGENCY — BY THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (ED). FULL COLLECTION ACTIVITY WILL CONTINUE UNTIL THIS ACCOUNT IS PAID IN PULL. TO AVOID FURTHER COLLECTION ACTIVITY, YOUR STUDENT LOAN MUST BE PAID IN FULL.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.