Smith v. ABC Rental Systems of New Orleans, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

EDWARD J. BOYLE, Sr., District Judge:

In this suit plaintiff has urged alternative claims based on the Federal Consumer Leasing Act of 1976, 15 U.S.C. § 1667, and the Federal Truth in Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1601 et seq. Trial was held before the court on April 8, 1978.

Plaintiff alleged that he was first attracted to do business with ABC Rental Systems of New Orleans, Inc. (ABC), defendant herein, when he witnessed a television commercial featuring defendant’s rental purchase plan. Under this plan ABC would rent T.V. sets to its customers at a stipulated weekly or monthly…