Turner v. Cook

Holding that court judgments are not transactions under the FDCPA; a transaction under the FDCPA must involve some kind of business dealing or consensual obligation

Kerobo v. Sw. Clean Fuels, Corp.

Holding that the proper analysis is under 28 U.S.C. § 1404

Polizzi v. Cowles Magazines

Holding that action removed pursuant to § 1441 could not be dismissed by district court on ground that venue under § 1391 would have been improper if action had originally been brought in federal court: "[E]ven on the question of venue, § 1391 has no application to this case because this is a removed action. The venue of removed actions is governed by . . . § 1441, and under that section venue was properly laid in the Southern District of Florida [the district in which the state action had been pending]."

IBC AVIATION SER. v. COMPANIA MEXICANA DE AVIACION

Holding that an objection to venue based on a forum selection clause after removal is allowed

Schroyer v. Frankel

Holding that defendant did not "regularly" collect debts when only 7.4 percent of cases involved debt collection

Bloom v. I.C. System, Inc.

Holding that the FDCPA applies only to "consumer debts" incurred "primarily for personal, family, or household purposes"

Bacik v. Peek

Finding that "[i]f a party has merely made a general allegation that witnesses will be necessary, without identifying them and indicating what their testimony will be the application for transfer will be denied"

First Gibraltar Bank, FSB v. Smith

Holding that debt entered into by a partnership to acquire and develop property is not debt under the FDCPA

Kotan v. Pizza Outlet, Inc.

Finding forum selection clause to bind non-signatory entity opposing transfer of case to different venue

Hartford Fire Ins. v. Westinghouse Elec.

Section 1441 - Removal of civil actions

Holding that “[a]ny civil action of which the district courts have original jurisdiction founded on a claim or right arising under the ... laws of the United States shall be removable without regard to the citizenship or residence of the parties.”

Section 1404 - Change of venue

Granting Class Plaintiffs' motion to transfer action in order to "facilitate a unified settlement approval process together with the class action cases in" In re Amex ASR

Section 1391 - Venue generally

Finding that venue lies where a "substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claim" occurred

Section 1692 - Congressional findings and declaration of purpose

Finding that abusive debt-collection practices lead to "personal bankruptcies," "marital instability," "loss of jobs," and "invasions of individual privacy"

Section 1406 - Cure or waiver of defects

Recognizing that transfer is proper to any district or division in which the action could have been brought

Section 1681 - Congressional findings and statement of purpose

Recognizing the need to protect "the consumer's right to privacy"

Section 1692a - Definitions

Defining debt collector

Section 1692i - Legal actions by debt collectors

Establishing venue requirements for a debt collector "in the case of an action [brought by the debt collector] to enforce an interest in real property securing the consumer's obligation"