MURPHY v. FORD MOTOR CREDIT CO.

Nos. 79-1822, 79-2061.

629 F.2d 556 (1980)

Thaddeus S. MURPHY, Appellee, v. FORD MOTOR CREDIT CO. and Hilltop Lincoln Mercury, Inc., Appellants. Thaddeus S. MURPHY, Cross-Appellant, v. FORD MOTOR CREDIT CO. and Hilltop Lincoln Mercury, Inc., Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence W. Treece, Denver, Colo., for Ford Motor Co. & Hilltop.

Kenneth M. Chackes, Chackes & Hoare, St. Louis, Mo., for T. S. Murphy.

John R. Essner, Legal Services of Eastern Missouri, St. Louis, Mo., argued, Gayle C. Williams, Richard B. Teitelman, and Rodney H. Powell, St. Louis, Mo., on brief, for amicus curiae, Cynthia Sims.

John C. Shepherd, John S. Sandberg and Steven P. Sanders, St. Louis, Mo., for appellants, Ford Motor Co., et al.

Before HENLEY and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges, and ROY, Judge.


ROY, District Judge.

This appeal is brought by Ford Motor Credit Corporation ("Ford") and Hilltop Lincoln Mercury ("Hilltop") from a decision in the District Court1 in favor of the plaintiff, Thaddeus Murphy ("Murphy"), on an allegation of a violation of the Consumer Credit Protection Act. This Act is known as the "Truth In Lending Act" (TILA), and is found at 15 U.S.C. §§ 1601, et seq. TILA has been translated into regulations...

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