United States Ninth Circuit
Lyon v. Chase Bank USA, N.A., 10-35846
In an appeal of a district court judgment dismissing the plaintiffs' Unlawful Debt Collection Practices Act (UDCPA) complaint for failure to state a claim and limiting the total Fair Credit Billing Act (FCBA) recovery to $1000, judgment is reversed where court erred in: 1) dismissing UDCPA claim; 2) requiring evidence of detrimental reliance to support actual damages and limiting statutory damages for defendant's multiple violations of the FCBA to a single recovery; and 3) denying any award of attorneys' fees related to plaintiffs' successful FCBA claim.
Appellate Information
- Decided 08/30/2011
- Published 08/30/2011
Judges
- GOODWIN
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Anna K. Sortun, John L. Langslet