· 7/1/1998
Karen Maguire, on Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Citicorp Retail Services, Inc.
Citations
- 147 F.3d 232
- 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 16112
- 1998 WL 350596
How courts have described this case
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- holding that prior correspondences were insufficient because stationary, 21 return address, and text all failed to indicate “Debtor Assistance” was part of defendant
- noting that a creditor may use “any name that it has used from the inception of the credit relation”
- finding that the FDCPA does not apply to entities seeking to collect their own debts
- finding that the FDCPA does not apply to entities attempting to collect debts owed to them
- holding personnel’s failure to identify as 11 creditor’s employees when receiving calls was deceptive because it prevented debtors from 12 discovering the nature of their debt
- holding personnel’s 9 failure to identify as creditor’s employees when receiving calls was deceptive because it 10 prevented debtors from discovering the nature of their debt
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Judges: Walker, Leval, Weinstein
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