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WHATLEY v. UNIVERSAL COLLECTION BUREAU, ETC.

Civ. A. No. C81-684A.

525 F.Supp. 1204 (1981)

Dorothy C. WHATLEY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNIVERSAL COLLECTION BUREAU INC. (FLORIDA) et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

November 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. C. Cougill, Lilburn, Ga., for plaintiffs.

Jay E. Loeb, Gershon, Ruden, Pindar & Olim, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant Universal Collection Bureau, Inc.

Alan F. Herman, Freeman & Hawkins, Atlanta, Ga., for defendant J. C. Penney Co., Inc.

ORDER

SHOOB, District Judge.

Defendant Universal Collection Bureau, Inc., has filed a motion for partial summary judgment in this case brought under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("Act"). Defendant Universal asks this Court to rule, as a matter of law, that:

(1) "statutory damages" under the Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692k(a)(2)(A) are limited to $1,000 per plaintiff; and

(2) only the "consumer," plaintiff Russell Whatley, has standing...

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