· 10/9/2002
Ann L. Nielsen v. David D. Dickerson
Citations
- 307 F.3d 623
- 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 21098
- 2002 WL 31255777
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “This question, which the parties have not addressed, is not one that we need (continued...
- “This provision bars the practice commonly known as ‘flat-rating,’ in which an individual sends a delinquency letter to the debtor portraying himself as a debt collector, when in fact he has no real involvement in the debt collection effort . . . .”
- “Because the FDCPA defines a ‘debt collector’ as a person who endeavors to collect the debts owed to ‘another,’ 15 U.S.C. § 1692a(6), creditors who are attempting to collect their own debts generally are not considered debt collectors under the statute.”
- requiring genuine involvement, not merely furnishing a form
- describing this list as “nonexclusive”
- in the context of dunning letters
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Judges: Cudahy, Rovner, Williams
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