Legal Opinion
Gerlach v. Allstate Insurance Company
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided February 17, 1972No. Civ. 70-1757PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SUMMARY JUDGMENT FOR DEFENDANT
MEHRTENS, District Judge.
This is an action brought under the Truth in Lending Act (15 U.S.C. Sec. 1601 et seq.) by the plaintiff, Marion Gerlach, hereafter plaintiff, against the defendant, Allstate Insurance Company, hereafter Allstate, assertedly a “creditor” of plaintiff in a “consumer credit” transaction, to recover the $100 penalty and attorney’s fees provided by 15 U.S.C. Sec. 1640(a) for failure to disclose information required by the Act in such a transaction.
\ Jurisdiction in this Court is specifically provided by 15 U.S.C. Sec. 1640(e).
Plaintiff also…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Securities & Exchange Commission v. National Securities, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Federal Trade Commission v. National Casualty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Ratner v. Chemical Bank New York Trust CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
- Hamilton Life Insurance Company of New York v. Republic National Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- Buford v. American Finance CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1971
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Reuben J. Katz, on Behalf of Himself and All Others Similarly Situated v. Carte Blanche CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1974
- Robert La Mar v. H & B Novelty & Loan Company, Ronald J. Kinsling v. Allegheny AirlinesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
- Weiner v. Bank of King of PrussiaDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- Richard Kline v. Coldwell, Banker & Co., RealtorsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Marie Wilcox, Appellants-Plaintiffs v. Commerce Bank of Kansas City, a Corporation, Appellee-DefendantCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1973
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