Townsel v. Dish Network L.L.C.

How courts have described this case

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

• finding that § 407 does not create a private right of action and thus may only be used defensively to bar collection of Social Security benefits
• “Use of a debit card instructs a bank to transfer money to the merchant from a particular checking account.”
• termination fee by Dish network pursuant to voluntary contract did not violate section 407(a)
• “A private right of action is not a component of subject-matter jurisdiction.”
• “only a formal legal proceeding . . . counts as ‘legal process’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).