792 F. Supp. 1064 - Green v. Hocking’s Empirical Analysis

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4 federal appellate · 1 district · 1 state decisions

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 13 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[A]ny person who uses any instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principle 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.”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 822 F. Supp. 1266 - Williams v. Trott · Bank of New York v. Barclay, Unpublished Decision (3-16-2004)

2. “The purpose of the 1986 FDCPA amendment was to close a loophole which allowed attorneys engaging in unsavory debt collection activities to avoid liability under the FDCPA simply because they had obtained a law degree. The purpose of removing the attorney exemption was not, however, to sweep within the scope of the term ‘debt collector’ those attorneys acting in the role”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 822 F. Supp. 1266 - Williams v. Trott

3. “A debt collector may not be held liable in any action brought under this sub-chapter if the debt collector shows by a preponderance of evidence that the vio lation was not intentional and resulted from a bona fide error notwithstanding the maintenance of procedures reasonably adapted to avoid any such error. 15 U.S.C. § 1692k(c).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 318 F. Supp. 2d 681 - Turner v. J.V.D.B. & Associates, Inc.