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· 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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