United States Eighth Circuit

Absent a threat of litigation or actual litigation, there is no violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act when a debt collector tries to collect on a potentially time-barred debt that is otherwise valid, and an attempt to collect a service fee does not violate the Act where service fees are permitted under Nebraska law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 04/27/2001
• Published 04/27/2001

Judges

• DAVIS, District Judge., Before RICHARD SHEPPARD ARNOLD, and HANSEN, Circuit Judges, and DAVIS, District Judge.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Sam Houston, argued, Feller & Houston, Tekamah, NE, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• James J. Frost, argued, Douglas Eugene Quinn, Amy E. Wallace, McGrath & North, Omaha, NE, for appellee.