Legal Opinion
Ozie Bowen, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. First Family Financial Services, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided November 22, 2000No. 98-6492PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiffs, Ozie Bowen and Ethel Ford, filed a putative class action lawsuit against First Family Financial Services, Inc. (“First Family”), claiming that the lender’s practice of requiring customers to sign arbitration agreements before obtaining a consumer loan violates the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1691 et seq. According to the plaintiffs, that statute prohibits a creditor from conditioning the extension of credit on a customer’s agreement to forego his right to judicial remedies under the Truth in Lending Act (“TILA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1601 et…
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