Legal Opinion · Dissent

Miller v. Javitch, Block & Rathbone

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided April 6, 2009No. 08-3336Published

1DissentCole, Circuit Judge

Because I cannot say with confidence that no reasonable jury could find this document to be misleading from the perspective of the least-sophisticated consumer, and because it is potentially misleading in a way that harms interests the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) was designed to protect, I believe the proper course is to submit this question to a jury. The first three sentences of this six-sentence complaint contain literally false statements, and although this document is an attempt to collect credit-card debt, it never uses the term “credit card.” I respectfully dissent.

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2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Heintz v. JenkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  2. Jacobson v. Healthcare Financial Services, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2008
  3. Ella M. Beler v. Blatt, Hasenmiller, Leibsker & Moore, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2007
  4. Kistner v. Law Offices of Michael P. Margelefsky, LLCCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2008
  5. Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. v. LamarCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2007

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