987 F. Supp. 2d 951 - Eide v. Colltech, Inc.’s Empirical Analysis
2013
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 11 U.S.C. § 523 · 11 U.S.C. § 727 · 15 U.S.C. § 1692 (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1692A (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1692D (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1692E (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1692G (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1692K (Sherman Antitrust Act)
Relies on Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc. · Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. v. Zenith Radio Corporation · Jerman v. Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich, L.P.A. · Clark v. Capital Credit & Collection Services, Inc. · Randolph v. IMBS, 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 11 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“sending a collection letter indicating that a certain debt is due and payable when the debt has actually been discharged in bankruptcy constitutes a false representation about the legal status of the debt, and is a violation of the FDCPA under the plain language of the statute”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A debt collector may not be held hable ... if the debt collector shows by preponderance 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.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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