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· 7/10/2014

Stanley L. Crawford v. LVNV Funding, LLC

Citations

  • 758 F.3d 1254
  • 2014 WL 3361226

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that “[f]iling a proof of claim is the first step in -4- collecting a debt in bankruptcy and is, at the very least, an ‘indirect’ means of collecting a debt.”
  • “[Fjiling objections to time-barred claims consumes energy and resources m a debtor s bankruptcy case, just as filing a limitations defense does in state court.”
  • “Filing a proof of claim is the first step in collecting a debt in bankruptcy and is, at the very least, an ‘indirect’ means of collecting a debt.”
  • the automatic stay “does not prohibit the filing of a proof of claim to collect a debt within the bankruptcy process”
  • “A deluge has swept through U.S. bankruptcy courts of late. Consumer debt buyers . . . are filing proofs of claim on debts deemed unenforceable under state statutes of limitations.”
  • “The Court also declines to weigh in on a topic the district court artfully dodged: Whether the Code “preempts” the FDCPA when creditors misbehave in bankruptcy ... ”

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Judges: Hull, Walter, Goldberg

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