Legal Opinion

Donna Dinaples v. MRS BPO LLC

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided August 12, 2019No. 18-2972PublishedCited by 30 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CHAGARES, Circuit Judge.

Five years ago, in Douglass v. Convergent Outsourcing , 765 F.3d 299 (3d Cir. 2014), we held that a debt collector violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA"), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692 - 1692p, when it sent a collection letter in an envelope displaying the debtor's internal account number with the collection agency. We are now asked to decide whether the same is true when the envelope does not, on its face, show the account number but does display an unencrypted "quick response," or "QR," code that reveals the number when scanned. The District Court held that…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Lujan v. Defenders of WildlifeSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  2. Spokeo, Inc. v. RobinsSupreme Court of the United States · 2016
  3. Jerman v. Carlisle, McNellie, Rini, Kramer & Ulrich, L.P.A.Supreme Court of the United States · 2010
  4. Toll Bros., Inc. v. Township of ReadingtonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2009
  5. Courtney Douglass v. Convergent OutsourcingCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2014

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3Cited by30 opinions

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  4. Paulette Barclift v. Keystone Credit Services LLCCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2024
  5. Anita Cagayat v. United Collection Bureau, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2020

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