Hyman v. Tate’s Empirical Analysis
362 F.3d 965 · 2004
Citation profile
11 federal appellate · 6 district ·
How this case has been cited
Cited by 34 later decisions — most recently July 2023 · most notably Randolph v. IMBS, Inc. (2004), Beck v. Maximus, Inc. (2006)
11 federal appellate · 6 district ·
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. § 1692 (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1692E (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1692K (Sherman Antitrust Act)
Relies on Smith v. Transworld Systems, Inc. · Turner v. Jvdb & Associates Inc · Jenkins v. Heintz · Reynolds v. Commissioner
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“A debt collector may not be held liable in any action brought under this subchapter if the debt collector shows by a preponder-anee of evidence that the violation was not intentional and resulted from a bona fide error notwithstanding .the maintenance of procedures reasonably adapted to avoid any such error.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“the FDCPA does not require collectors to independently verify the validity of the debt to qualify for the 'bona fide error' defense.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Although [the debt collector] could have done more ..., § 1692k(c) only requires collectors to adopt reasonable procedures.”
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.