Legal Opinion
Towers World Airways Inc., the Towers Organization Inc., and Towers Financial Corporation v. Phh Aviation Systems Inc. And Phh Group Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided May 17, 1991No. 1041, Docket 90-7909PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
The Truth-in-Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1643(a) (1988), places a limit of $50 on the liability of a credit cardholder for charges incurred by an “unauthorized” user. This appeal concerns the applicability of this provision to a card bearer who was given permission by the cardholder to make a limited range of purchases but who subsequently made substantial additional charges on the card. The appeal is brought by Towers World Airways, Inc. (“Towers”), a credit cardholder, and two related corporations from the June 19, 1990, judgment of the District Court for the…
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