Legal Opinion
Trans World Accounts, Inc., a California Corporation, and Floyd T. Watkins v. Federal Trade Commission
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1979No. 78-1398PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KELLEHER, District Judge:
Trans World Accounts, Inc., a debt collection agency operating in a number of western states, and its president, Floyd T. Watkins, appeal from a FTC order prohibiting certain practices used in their collection operations.
The Commission challenges Trans World’s “flat rate” collection service. Under the flat rate service, Trans World mails out a series of five or six form letters to delin*214quent debtors, encouraging prompt payment to the creditor. The letters are sent at prearranged intervals of ten to fourteen days. The letters state that legal action may be initiated…
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