Legal Opinion
Leah B. Sibley v. Fulton Dekalb Collection Service
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 4, 1982No. 81-7612PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
Appellant, Leah B. Sibley, sued appellee, Fulton DeKalb Collection Service (hereinafter “Fulton”) under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692-1692o, seeking actual damages, statutory damages, attorneys’ fees and costs. Sibley made a timely demand for trial by jury under Fed.R.Civ.P. 38. At the outset of trial the court announced on its own motion and over Sibley’s objection that it was denying the demand for jury trial. 1 Trial was had before the court without a jury at the conclusion of which judgment for defendant was entered. Sibley appeals.
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2Cases cited24 opinions
- Lorillard v. PonsSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Curtis v. LoetherSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Parsons v. Bedford, Breedlove, & RobesonSupreme Court of the United States · 1830
- Pernell v. Southall RealtySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- W. Willard Wirtz, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Raymond W. Jones and v. A. Sauls, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
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3Cited by75 opinions
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- Bolin v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- Gammon v. GC Services Ltd. PartnershipDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1995
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