Legal Opinion
Christine Wade, F/k/a Christine Snow v. Regional Credit Association, a California Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 3, 1996No. 95-35434PublishedCited by 141 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether a collection agency attempting to collect a debt without obtaining a required state debt collection permit violates the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692-1692o. We find that in this case the agency’s unlicensed collection activity does not violate the Act. We affirm in part and remand in part. 1
BACKGROUND:
This ease originally involved a relatively low dollar figure. An attorney attempted to collect $446.00 from Christine Wade for services in her divorce case in California. He referred the debt to Regional Credit…
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