Easterling v. Collecto, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the plaintiff stated a claim arising under the FDCPA where a collection letter could have hypothetically affected her decision-making regarding the debt
• concluding that collection letter's statement that debt was \ 'ineligible for bankruptcy discharge' \ was false because plaintiff \at all times fully retained her right to seek bankruptcy discharge\
• collection letter violated section 1692e due to its “capacity to discourage debtors from fully availing themselves of their legal rights”
• “Whether a collection letter is false, deceptive, or misleading under the FDCPA is determined from the perspective of the objective least sophisticated consumer.” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• “Whether a collection letter is false, deceptive, or misleading under the FDCPA is determined from the perspective of the objective least sophisticated consumer.” (quotation marks omitted)
• “Whether a collection letter is false, deceptive, or misleading under the FDCPA is determined from the perspective of the objective least sophisticated consumer.” (quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

35 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Eades v. Kennedy, PC Law Offices
  Second Circuit· 2015-06-04· cited 237×
• Cohen v. Rosicki, Rosicki & Assocs., P.C.
  Second Circuit· 2018-07-23· cited 202×
• Huebner v. Midland Credit Mgmt., Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2018-07-19· cited 117×
• Aegis Insurance Services, Inc. v. 7 World Trade Center Company, L.P.
  Second Circuit· 2013-12-04· cited 107×
• David Tourgeman v. Collins Financial Services
  Ninth Circuit· 2014-06-25· cited 94×
• Arias v. Gutman, Mintz, Baker & Sonnenfeldt LLP
  Second Circuit· 2017-11-14· cited 65×
• Vangorden v. Second Round, Ltd. P'ship
  Second Circuit· 2018-07-27· cited 38×
• Okyere v. Palisades Collection, LLC
  S.D. New York· 2013-03-22· cited 36×
• Zirogiannis v. Seterus, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2016-11-28· cited 30×
• McDermott v. Marcus, Errico, Emmer & Brooks, P.C.
  D. Massachusetts· 2012-11-20· cited 27×
• Tingling v. Educ. Credit Mgmt. Corp.
  Second Circuit· 2021-03-11· cited 21×
• Taylor v. Financial Recovery Services, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2017-05-18· cited 17×
• Bryan v. Credit Control, LLC
  Second Circuit· 2020-04-03· cited 16×
• Sussman v. I.C. System, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2013-03-06· cited 14×
• Vu v. Diversified Collection Services, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2013-09-30· cited 14×
• Sutton v. Financial Recovery Services, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2015-08-06· cited 11×
• Maleh v. United Collection Bureau, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2018-01-26· cited 11×
• Cole v. Stephen Einstein & Assocs., P.C.
  W.D. New York· 2019-02-05· cited 11×
• Feldheim v. Financial Recovery Services, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2017-06-29· cited 10×
• Pollard v. Law Office of Mandy L. Spaulding
  D. Massachusetts· 2013-09-09· cited 10×

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United Student Aid Funds, Inc. v. Espinosa
  Supreme Court· 2010-03-23· cited 1,364×
• Marie Brunner v. New York State Higher Education Services Corp.
  Second Circuit· 1987-10-14· cited 794×
• Christ Clomon v. Philip D. Jackson
  Second Circuit· 1993-03-17· cited 541×
• Donna M. Russell v. Equifax A.R.S., and Cbi Collections
  Second Circuit· 1996-01-16· cited 370×
• Michael Desantis, as Next Friend of John B. Desantis, Sr. v. Computer Credit, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2001-10-30· cited 102×
• Pilgrim v. Luther
  Second Circuit· 2009-07-06· cited 71×
• Smith v. Silverman
  Second Circuit· 2011-05-20· cited 36×