Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Koontz

How courts have described this case

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• holding that where creditor entered onto private property despite express instruction of defaulting debtor not to do so, and car owner yelled “don’t take it” at repossession agent, no breach of peace occurred
• holding unequivocal oral protest, without more, insufficient to be considered a 21 breach of the peace
• finding that there was no breach of the peace when the plaintiff testified that he yelled “don’t take it” and the person repossessing the vehicle did not respond verbally or physically
• debt collector’s trespass onto debtor’s front yard to repossess his car was insufficient to constitute a breach of the peace
• no breach of peace where debtor heard repossession occurring during the night, rushed outside and yelled “don’t take it”
• yelling “Don’t take it” is insufficient

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).