Legal Opinion
Anenkova v. Van Ru Credit Corp.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided August 17, 2016No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 15-4968PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Savage, District Judge
In this action brought under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), we must decide whether there is a benign language exception to 15 U.S.C. § 1692f(8), which prohibits a debt collector from using “any language or symbol, other than the debt collector’s address, on any envelope when communicating with a consumer”; and if so, whether the barcode visible through a glassine window of an envelope is benign.
Lyudmilla Anenkova claims Van Ru Credit Corporation used unlawful tactics to collect a debt in violation of the FDCPA.1 She alleges that Van…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Courtney Douglass v. Convergent OutsourcingCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2014
- Elizabeth Strand v. Diversified Collection Service, Inc., a California Corporation John Doe, A/K/A Dan MillerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2004
- Goswami v. American Collections Enterprise, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2004
- United States of America Government of the Virgin Islands v. Michael McKie at No. 96-7010, Jermaine Hall, at No. 96-7011, Guy M. Henry, at No. 96-7014Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
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