Dutton v. Wolhar

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that the fair-venue standards “permit a debt collector to sue . . . on a debt only in the county in which the alleged debtor resides or signed the contract upon which the suit is premised.” (emphasis removed)
• analyzing a claim under section 1692e(10) using the least sophisticated debtor standard the court stated that when language is susceptible to two plausible interpretations the least sophisticated debtor is not charged with gleaning the more subtle of the two interpretations
• representation that plaintiff was legally obligated to pay debt of her mother was false representation of character or legal status of debt
• representation that plaintiff was legally obligated to pay debt of her mother was false representation of character or legal status of debt
• purpose of venue provision under FDCPA was to prevent collection suits in forum \located at great distances from debtors' residences\ and to \prevent forum abuse\
• purpose of venue provision under FDCPA was to prevent collection suits in forum “located at great distances from debtors’ residences” and to “prevent forum abuse”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).