Legal Opinion
Castro v. Collecto, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 24, 2011No. 09-50975PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENNIS, Circuit Judge:
This class action arises out of an allegedly unlawful attempt to collect a debt arising from an unpaid mobile phone bill. The named plaintiff, Nemesio Castro, a debtor, sued two debt collectors (collectively “the defendants”) for allegedly violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“the FDCPA”), 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq., by sending letters that, he claimed, threatened to sue on an approximately three-year-old debt, as to which the applicable statute of limitations had elapsed. The district court certified a class consisting of all individuals with Texas addresses…
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