Beggs v. Rossi’s Empirical Analysis
1997
Citation profile
2 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1692 (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) · 15 U.S.C. § 1692A (Fair Debt Collection Practices Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 636
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Scheuer v. Rhodes · United Mine Workers of America v. Gibbs · Thomas v. Arn · Carnegie-Mellon University v. Cohill
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 3 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“any obligation or alleged obligation of a consumer to pay money arising out of a transaction in which the money, property, insurance, or services which are the subject of the transaction are primarily for personal, family, or household purposes, whether or not such obligation has been reduced to judgment.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Beggs v. Rossi“Federal Trade Commission, Statements of General Policy or Interpretation, Staff Commentary on the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 53 Fed.Reg. 50097, 50102 (Dec. 13, 1988). Although such FTC policy statements are not entitled to conclusive weight in the courts, we accord them”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Beggs v. Rossi“), 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq., and the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act (”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. Beggs v. Rossi
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.