Tocco v. Real Time Resolutions, Inc.

How courts have described this case

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

• collecting cases on both sides of the split that has emerged on this issue and concluding that the remedial purposes of the FDCPA should lead courts to construe the statute liberally in favor of debtors
• “‘In connection with’ is synonymous with the phrases ‘related to,’ ‘associated with,’ and ‘with respect to.’ It is expansive. It covers ‘communications that convey, directly or indirectly, any information relating to a debt.’”
• “The fact that a letter may have been a required informational notice under a separate statute does not prevent it from being an initial communication ‘in connection with the collection of [a] debt’ under the FDCPA.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hart v. FCI Lender Services, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2015-08-12· cited 36×
• Randall v. Paul
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2017-06-19· cited 5×
• Lary v. Rexall Sundown, Inc.
  E.D. New York· 2015-02-10· cited 3×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Harris v. Mills
  Second Circuit· 2009-07-09· cited 5,185×
• Sosna v. Iowa
  Supreme Court· 1975-01-14· cited 2,006×
• United States Parole Commission v. Geraghty
  Supreme Court· 1980-03-19· cited 1,936×
• Hayden v. Paterson
  Second Circuit· 2010-01-28· cited 947×
• Gburek v. Litton Loan Servicing LP
  Seventh Circuit· 2010-07-27· cited 176×
• Vincent v. The Money Store
  Second Circuit· 2013-11-13· cited 109×
• Foti v. NCO Financial Systems, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2006-03-25· cited 106×
• Doyle v. Midland Credit Management, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2013-06-28· cited 94×
• Ditty v. Checkrite, Ltd., Inc.
  D. Utah· 1997-08-11· cited 70×
• Senftle v. Landau
  D. Maryland· 2005-08-11· cited 31×
• Schaake v. Risk Management Alternatives, Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2001-09-14· cited 27×
• Nichols v. Byrd
  D. Nevada· 2006-06-13· cited 13×
• Oppong v. First Union Mortgage Corp.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2008-07-24· cited 12×
• Stair v. Thomas & Cook
  D. New Jersey· 2008-09-23· cited 9×
• Paris v. Steinberg & Steinberg
  W.D. Washington· 2011-11-01· cited 7×