Rice v. Scott

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that debt, even if not actually owed, “stem[ming] from telecommunication services provided by Verizon to [law firm] ... ar[ose] out of a commercial transaction and [was] not covered by the FDCPA”
• stating that he FDCPA does not cover \actions arising out of commercial debts.\
• affirming the dismissal of an FDCPA claim in which “alleged debt arose from purported transactions related to a business telephone account of [a] law firm”
• rejecting appellant’s argument that “where a disputed debt never actually existed” and there are “collection efforts . . . targeted at an individual” the debt necessarily arises from a consumer transaction
• “[T]he FDCPA protects consumers from abusive debt collection practices . . . .” (citations omitted) (emphasis added)
• “The FDCPA does not cover actions arising out of commercial debts.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).