Legal Opinion
Welmaker v. WT Grant Company
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided October 1, 1973No. Civ. A. 15621, 15822, 15891 and 16101PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIDNEY O. SMITH, Jr., Chief Judge.
The question in these consolidated cases, brought as a class action, is whether the defendant has violated the Truth in Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq. (1970). At this juncture the Court must determine whether the plaintiffs have shown a likelihood of success on their claims such that the notification of the proposed class is warranted. A protracted hearing, as supplemented by discovery and stipulations, was had for such purpose.
BACKGROUND.
The Plaintiffs assert seven violations of the Truth in Lending Act (hereinafter “the Act”) all having to do with…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Knowlton v. MooreSupreme Court of the United States · 1900
- Manhattan General Equipment Co. v. Commissioner of Internal RevenueSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Addison v. Holly Hill Fruit Products, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Gillibeau v. City of RichmondCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1969
- Ratner v. Chemical Bank New York Trust CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Friar v. Vanguard Holding Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Mildred Ives v. W. T. Grant CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- Luther Haynes and Lenita Haynes v. Logan Furniture Mart, Inc., an Illinois CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
- Richard L. Smith and Deborah L. Smith v. No. 2 Galesburg Crown Finance CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1980
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