Legal Opinion
Reichert v. National Credit Systems, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 7, 2008No. 06-15503PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SCHROEDER, Circuit Judge:
Introduction
This is an action by a debtor against a debt collection agency for statutory damages and attorney’s fees in connection with attempts to collect a debt that the debtor owed his former landlord. It requires us to interpret the bona fide error defense provision of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) that we most recently considered in Clark v. Capital Credit & Collection Services, Inc., 460 F.3d 1162 (9th Cir.2006).
The problem with the debt that the debt collection agency tried to collect in this case is that it included, on its face, a $225 fee…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Aaron Fox Toni Fox, Husband and Wife v. Citicorp Credit Services, Inc., a South Dakota Corporation Jerold Kaplan Jane Doe Kaplan, Husband and WifeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1994
- Andrews v. BlakeArizona Supreme Court · 2003
- Darlene Jenkins v. George W. Heintz and Bowman, Heintz, Boscia & McPheeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1997
- Johnson v. RiddleCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 2006
- Wilhelm v. Credico, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2008
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3Cited by85 opinions
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- Bacelli v. MFP, INC.District Court, M.D. Florida · 2010
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