550 U.S. 544 (2007) Cited 276,716 times 369 Legal Analyses
Holding that allegations of conduct that are merely consistent with wrongdoing do not state a claim unless "placed in a context that raises a suggestion of" such wrongdoing
Holding the SIAA's two-year statute of limitations, previously codified at 46 U.S.C. § 745, was not jurisdictional and therefore subject to equitable tolling
Holding plaintiff entitled to equitable tolling when she "diligently and vigorously pursued her claim" and, yet, she was unable to ascertain hospital's federal status
Holding that a tax lien transfer agreement was not a credit transaction under TILA because "the nature of the underlying claim" as a property tax had not "been extinguished"
Holding plaintiffs gained "actual knowledge" when they learned they faced financial penalties in "direct contradiction" to what they had been told by fiduciary
Holding that an entity engaged in collection activity on a defaulted debt acquired from another is a "debt collector" under the FDCPA even though it "may actually be owed the debt"
15 U.S.C. § 1692 Cited 15,203 times 141 Legal Analyses
Finding that abusive debt-collection practices lead to "personal bankruptcies," "marital instability," "loss of jobs," and "invasions of individual privacy"