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Ho v. Recontrust Co.

Supreme Court of the United States
Dec 4, 2017
138 S. Ct. 504 (2017)

Summary

reasoning that under the FDCPA, "debt" is synonymous with "money," and because the "object of a non-judicial foreclosure is to retake and resell the security, not to collect money from the borrower," actions taken to facilitate non-judicial foreclosure do not give rise to liability under the FDCPA

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Opinion

No. 17–278.

12-04-2017

Vien–Phuong Thi HO, petitioner, v. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., et al.


Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied.


Summaries of

Ho v. Recontrust Co.

Supreme Court of the United States
Dec 4, 2017
138 S. Ct. 504 (2017)

reasoning that under the FDCPA, "debt" is synonymous with "money," and because the "object of a non-judicial foreclosure is to retake and resell the security, not to collect money from the borrower," actions taken to facilitate non-judicial foreclosure do not give rise to liability under the FDCPA

Summary of this case from Bryant v. U.S. Bank

reasoning that under the FDCPA, "debt" is synonymous with "money," and because the "object of a non-judicial foreclosure is to retake and resell the security, not to collect money from the borrower," actions taken to facilitate non-judicial foreclosure do not give rise to liability under the FDCPA

Summary of this case from Bryant v. U.S. Bank
Case details for

Ho v. Recontrust Co.

Case Details

Full title:Vien–Phuong Thi HO, petitioner, v. RECONTRUST COMPANY, N.A., et al.

Court:Supreme Court of the United States

Date published: Dec 4, 2017

Citations

138 S. Ct. 504 (2017)
199 L. Ed. 2d 385

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