· 1/11/2000
Patricia White, on Her Behalf and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Jerome Goodman
Citations
- 200 F.3d 1016
- 2000 U.S. App. LEXIS 242
- 2000 WL 15011
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that the corporate form protects shareholders from personal liability and that, in naming them, plaintiffs “should have been sanctioned for what amounts to malicious prosecution”
- holding that suing the shareholder of a debt collector was “frivolous and the plaintiffs, represented by an experienced practitioner in consumer finance litigation, should have been sanctioned for what amounts to malicious prosecution”
- concluding that joinder of a company that stuffed and mailed envelopes was frivolous
- noting that if a “third party is participating in the debt collection, . . . there is no deception”
- noting that if a “third party is participating in the debt collection, ... there is no deception”
- holding that “[s]ince the [FDCPA] does not require that a copy or summary of it be furnished with every (or any) dunning letter,” it is not misleading for debt collectors to inform consumers of their rights under Colorado law
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Judges: Posner, Manion, Rovner
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