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STARKS v. RENT-A-CENTER

No. 93-2801.

58 F.3d 358 (1995)

Barbara STARKS; Irene Muldrow, Appellants, v. RENT-A-CENTER; WRS of Minnesota, Inc.; Capital Minnesota Rents, Inc., a Kansas corporation; Rent-A-Center of America, Inc., a Kansas corporation; Thorn EMI (USA), Inc., a Delaware corporation, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 22, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kay Nord Hunt, Minneapolis, MN, argued (Phillip A. Cole, David L. Ramp and Seymour J. Mansfield, on the brief), for appellant.

John C. Dods, Kansas City, MO, argued (Peter E. Strand and Shannon L. Spangler, Kansas City, MO, and J. Patrick McDavitt and John Troyer of Minneapolis, MN, on the brief), for appellee.

Before FAGG, MAGILL, and LOKEN, Circuit Judges.

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal the district court's1 denial of their motion for a new trial in this action, claiming that Rent-A-Center's rent-to-own contracts constitute consumer credit sales and violate Minnesota consumer protection statutes. Plaintiffs argue that the court erroneously submitted the issue of "nominality" of consideration to the jury, that the court's instructions on nominality were erroneous, and that the court...

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