Legal Opinion
Billie Bourgeois, Wife Of/and Clarence Bourgeois v. Haynes Construction Company
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 30, 1984No. 83-3331PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Per curiam
Billie and Clarence Bourgeois appeal from a judgment against them on their claim for penalties for nondisclosure under the Consumer Credit Protection and Truth-in-Lending Acts. We affirm because under applicable Louisiana law no contract existed between Haynes and the Bourgeois, a prerequisite to the claimed penalties.
On March 28, 1980, in Louisiana, the Bourgeois signed a document labeled “Contract Goods and Services” for the installation of aluminum siding. The “contract” had been submitted to the Bourgeois by John Martin, an independent contractor acting as Haynes Construction Company’s…
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