Easterling v. Collecto, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
692 F.3d 229 · 2012
Citation profile
7 federal appellate · 2 district · 1 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 350 · 11 U.S.C. § 523 · 11 U.S.C. § 727 · 15 U.S.C. § 1692 (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1692E (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act)
Relies on United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa · Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp. · D'Amico v. City of New York · Clomon v. Jackson · Russell v. Equifax A.R.S.
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 41 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“open to more than one reasonable interpretation, at least one of which is inaccurate.”
7 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“is determined from the perspective of the objective 'least sophisticated consumer.'”
4 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[a] debt collector may not use any false, deceptive, or misleading representation or means in connection with the collection of any debt.”
3 later decisions 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.