United States Fifth Circuit

A debt collection letter did not violate the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (Act) where challenged language did not demand payment in a specific time period shorter than 30 days, but use of the U.S. Department of Education's name and address on an envelope violated the Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 10/18/2002
• Published 10/18/2002

Judges

• DENNIS, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, DUHÉ and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Adela Cassandra Lucchesi, Daniel A. Edelman (argued), Cathleen M. Combs, James O. Latturner, Edelman, Combs & Latturner, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• William Keith Wier (argued), Daw & Ray, Houston, TX, for Defendants-Appellees.