488 F. Supp. 2d 686 - Heller v. Graf’s Empirical Analysis
2007
Citation profile
1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1692 (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1692A (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Celotex Corporation v. Catrett H · Waldridge v. American Hoechst Corp. · Gammon v. GC Services Ltd. Partnership · Fox v. Citicorp Credit Services, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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“who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose of which is the collection of any debts, or who regularly collects or attempts to collect, directly or indirectly, debts owed or due or asserted to be owed or due another.” 15 U.S.C. § 1692a(6) (emphasis added). There is also no indication that Northstar, the creditor, was a”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Randall v. Paul
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.