BAKER v. G. C. SERVICES CORP.

No. 81-3235.

677 F.2d 775 (1982)

Ken BAKER, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. G. C. SERVICES CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided May 19, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. Walter Van Valkenburg, Stoel, Rives, Boley, Fraser and Wyse, Portland, Or., for defendant-appellant.

Mary Kay Gaffney, Marva Fabien, Northwestern Legal Clinic, Portland, Or., argued, for plaintiff-appellee; Richard A. Slotte, Northwestern Legal Clinic, Portland, Or., on brief.

Before KILKENNY, HUG and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges.


SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:

Appellant G. C. Services Corp., a debt collection company, appeals from a district court judgment holding that appellant violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692, by falsely threatening legal action and by failing to inform the debtor that he could dispute a portion of the debt. We affirm.

I.

Appellee Ken Baker was indebted on credit card accounts to Shell Oil Co. and to Chevron U. S. A., Inc....

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