Legal Opinion
Fleming v. Pickard
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided September 9, 2009No. 07-35979PublishedCited by 431 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PAEZ, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether a cause of action for tortious conversion constitutes a debt within the meaning of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”). We hold that it does not. We therefore affirm the district court’s judgment on the pleadings under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(c) dismissing Plaintiffs’ FDCPA claim without prejudice to their related state law claims.
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Between 2002 and 2005, Ryan and Joy Fleming, Brad and Tammie Haslam, Jeremy Goodin, Deenna Smith, and the estate of Michael Smith (collectively “Plaintiffs”) purchased firearms, fishing gear, and…
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