24 Cited authorities

  1. In re Burlington Coat Factory

    114 F.3d 1410 (3d Cir. 1997)   Cited 7,702 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a court may consider a "document integral to or explicitly relied upon in the complaint" when deciding a motion to dismiss
  2. Donohue v. Quick Collect

    592 F.3d 1027 (9th Cir. 2010)   Cited 460 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a complaint served on the debtor is a communication subject to the FDCPA
  3. Wilson v. Quadramed Corp.

    225 F.3d 350 (3d Cir. 2000)   Cited 449 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a paragraph demanding immediate payment of a debt that preceded a Validation Notice did not create "an actual or apparent contradiction" with the Validation Notice in violation of § 1692g
  4. Glover v. Fed. Deposit Ins. Corp.

    698 F.3d 139 (3d Cir. 2012)   Cited 289 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding relation back did not apply when the newly added claim "differed in 'time and type' from the claims earlier alleged"
  5. Hahn v. Triumph Partnerships

    557 F.3d 755 (7th Cir. 2009)   Cited 277 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a debt collector need not itemize principal and interest
  6. Campuzano-Burgos v. Midland Credit Mgmt

    550 F.3d 294 (3d Cir. 2008)   Cited 237 times
    Holding that it is assumed that the least sophisticated consumer will exhibit the "rational" characteristic of reading a collection notice in its entirety
  7. Wallace v. Wash. Mut. Bank, F.A.

    683 F.3d 323 (6th Cir. 2012)   Cited 209 times
    Holding that "a statement must be materially false or misleading to violate Section 1692e"
  8. Grden v. Leikin Ingber & Winters PC

    643 F.3d 169 (6th Cir. 2011)   Cited 185 times
    Holding that, for the FDCPA's notice provision to apply, "an animating purpose of the communication must be to induce payment by the debtor"
  9. Warren v. Sessoms & Rogers, P.A.

    676 F.3d 365 (4th Cir. 2012)   Cited 165 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a Rule 68 offer of judgment moots a case
  10. McLaughlin v. Phelan Hallinan & Schmieg, LLP

    756 F.3d 240 (3d Cir. 2014)   Cited 134 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that where facts construed most favorably to plaintiff indicated that debt obligation was less than amount stated in defendant’s letter, plaintiff stated plausible claim for misrepresentation of debt amount in violation of § 1692e,
  11. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 348,148 times   927 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  12. Section 1692 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose

    15 U.S.C. § 1692   Cited 15,037 times   139 Legal Analyses
    Finding that abusive debt-collection practices lead to "personal bankruptcies," "marital instability," "loss of jobs," and "invasions of individual privacy"
  13. Section 1746 - Unsworn declarations under penalty of perjury

    28 U.S.C. § 1746   Cited 10,095 times   17 Legal Analyses
    Permitting the use of declarations instead
  14. Section 1692e - False or misleading representations

    15 U.S.C. § 1692e   Cited 6,945 times   109 Legal Analyses
    Prohibiting false representation of the "character, amount, or legal status of a debt"
  15. Section 1692k - Civil liability

    15 U.S.C. § 1692k   Cited 6,131 times   65 Legal Analyses
    Holding debt collectors civilly liable for illicit debt collection practices
  16. Section 1692d - Harassment or abuse

    15 U.S.C. § 1692d   Cited 1,908 times   22 Legal Analyses
    Limiting debt collectors’ ability to use threats of violence, publicize lists of consumers allegedly refusing to pay debts, cause a telephone to ring repeatedly or continuously, or engage someone in telephone conversation repeatedly or continuously
  17. Section 1692c - Communication in connection with debt collection

    15 U.S.C. § 1692c   Cited 1,638 times   51 Legal Analyses
    Regulating communications with consumers
  18. Section 1024.36 - Requests for information

    12 C.F.R. § 1024.36   Cited 221 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Providing the requirements for responding to a QWR that requests information