Consumer Transactions

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The coursebook Geenfield's Consumer Transactions, Third Edition, is designed for a law school level course. It examines problems in the formation of consumer transactions, the actual substance of the deal, and remedies. The text makes frequent use of problems as a teaching device. One volume.

Preface

Acknowledgments

vii

Table of Cases

xix

Table of Statutes

xxxi

Table of Federal Rules and Regulations

xliii

Introduction

(1)

Freedom of Contract and Government Intervention

(2)

Types of Consumer Credit Transactions

(3)

PART I Problems in Formation

Deception---The Response of the Common Law

(46)

Jones v. West Side Buick Auto Co

(9)

Vokes v. Arthur Murray, Inc.

(9)

Halpert v. Rosenthal

(8)

Ollerman v. O'Rourke Co., Inc.

(16)

Davey v. Brownson

(3)

Deception---Legislative Solutions at the Federal Level: The Federal Trade Commission Act

(69)

Introduction

(1)

The Meaning of ``Deceptive Acts or Practices''

(33)

Charles of the Ritz Distributors Corp. v. FTC

(8)

In re International Harvester Co

(13)

In re Leon A. Tashof

(12)

Remedies Under the FTC Act

(18)

Warner-Lambert Co. v. FTC

(17)

Topical Statutes

104

(17)

Odometer Fraud

104

(3)

Tusa v. Omaha Auto Auction, Inc

107

(3)

Levine v. Parks Chevrolet, Inc

110

(2)

Telemarketing

112

(2)

New York v. Financial Services Network, USA

114

(7)

Deception---Legislative Solutions at the State Level

121

(57)

Comprehensive Statutes

121

(32)

Searle v. Exley Express, Inc.

121

(9)

Weigel v. Ron Tonkin Chevrolet Co.

130

(8)

Golt v. Phillips

138

(5)

Fenwick v. Kay American Jeep, Inc.

143

(10)

Topical Statutes

153

(5)

Referral Sales

153

(1)

Regulation of a Trade or Industry

154

(4)

Preemption

158

(16)

Jones v. Rath Packing Co.

159

(8)

Kellerman v. MCI Telecommunications Corporation

167

(7)

Criminal Sanctions

174

(4)

The Need for Information

178

(42)

Introduction to the Truth-In-Lending Act

178

(5)

Scope of the Truth-In-Lending Act

183

(2)

Timing of the Disclosure

185

(1)

Content of the Disclosure

186

(23)

Closed-end Credit

186

(4)

Open--end Credit

190

(1)

Benion v. Bank One

191

(8)

Leases

199

(5)

Rent-to-Own

204

(3)

Clarity

207

(2)

Advertising Credit Terms

209

(4)

Enforcement of the Truth-In-Lending Act

213

(2)

Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act

215

(1)

Plain Language Laws

216

(1)

Perspectives

217

(3)

Qualifying for Credit

220

(38)

Introduction to the Fair Credit Reporting Act

220

(5)

Privacy Protection Study Commission, Personal Privacy in an Information Society (1977)

221

(4)

Scope of the Act

225

(8)

Greenway v. Information Dynamics, Ltd.

225

(8)

Obligations of Users of Consumer Reports

233

(2)

Obligations of Creditors

235

(1)

Obligations of Consumer Reporting Agencies

236

(19)

Austin v. BankAmerica Service Corp

236

(3)

Koropoulos v. Credit Bureau, Inc.

239

(16)

Credit Repair Organizations

255

(2)

Preemption

257

(1)

Discrimination in Granting Credit

258

(34)

Introduction to the Equal Credit Opportunity Act

258

(4)

Prohibited Bases

262

(8)

Markham v. Colonial Mortgage Service Co., Associates, Inc.

262

(8)

Reasons for Adverse Action

270

(7)

Enforcement

277

(12)

Cherry v. Amoco Oil Co.

280

(9)

Preemption

289

(1)

Is It Working?

290

(2)

PART II Regulation of the Bargain

Quality Standards

292

(79)

Introduction

292

(1)

Strict Liability in Tort

293

(13)

Greenman v. Yuba Power Products, Inc.

293

(13)

The Uniform Commercial Code and Contractual Modification of Quality Standards

306

(30)

Berg v. Stromme

309

(7)

Knipp v. Weinbaum

316

(4)

Murray v. Holiday Rambler, Inc.

320

(16)

Beyond the UCC

336

(29)

Lemon Laws

337

(4)

Magnuson--Moss Warranty Act

341

(7)

Used Cars

348

(1)

The Next Step

349

(15)

The Standard of Quality: How High and How Precise?

364

(1)

Services

365

(6)

Newmark v. Gimbel's, Inc.

366

(5)

Limits on the Price of Credit

371

(81)

Sale Credit and Loan Credit

371

(2)

Ways of Presenting the Cost of Credit

373

(1)

Judicial Interpretation of Rate Regulation Statutes

373

(61)

Loan or Forbearance

373

(1)

Carper v. Kanawha Banking & Trust Co.

373

(13)

Principal Amount and Duration of the Loan

386

(1)

Tri--County Federal Savings & Loan Association v. Lyle

386

(5)

Cost of the Loan

391

(1)

Equitable Life Assurance Society v. Scali

392

(6)

Martorano v. Capital Finance Corp.

398

(8)

Culpepper v. Inland Mortgage Corporation

406

(13)

Prepayment and Refinancing

419

(1)

Davis v. Hinton

419

(4)

In re Branch

423

(7)

Remedies

430

(1)

Open-end Credit

430

(4)

The Broader Question

434

(18)

Wallace, The Uses of Usury: Low Rate Ceilings Reexamined

437

(15)

Other Limits on the Terms of the Deal

452

(69)

Broadly Phrased Standards

452

(65)

Williams v. Walker-Thomas Furniture Co

452

(5)

Cheshire Mortgage Service, Inc. v. Montes

457

(16)

Perdue v. Crocker National Bank

473

(8)

Commonwealth v. DeCotis

481

(4)

Letter From FTC to Consumer Subcommittee of Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation

485

(6)

In re International Harvester Co.

491

(15)

Best v. United States National Bank

506

(11)

Topical Statutes

517

(4)

Prohibition of Objectionable Terms

517

(1)

Regulation of Troublesome Transactions

518

(3)

Credit Insurance

521

(47)

Introduction

521

(2)

Excessive Coverage

523

(2)

Coercion

525

(17)

In re USLIFE Credit Corp

530

(9)

USLIFE Credit Corp. v. Federal Trade Commission

539

(3)

Excessive Price

542

(19)

Robinson v. Rebsamen Ford, Inc.

545

(2)

Browder v. Hanley Dawson Cadillac Co.

547

(14)

Claims Abuse

561

(1)

Refinancing

562

(1)

Property Insurance

563

(3)

Unemployment Insurance

566

(2)

PART III Enforcement by the Creditor

Coercive Collection Tactics

568

(41)

Common Law Limits

569

(17)

Public Finance Corp. v. Davis

569

(10)

Voneye v. Turner

579

(7)

Statutory Intervention

586

(23)

Collection Practices

586

(7)

Jeter v. Credit Bureau, Inc.

593

(14)

Fair Credit Billing Act

607

(2)

Enforcement of the Security Interest

609

(48)

Acceleration and the Definition of Default

612

(9)

Fontaine v. Industrial National Bank

612

(9)

Repossession

621

(8)

Deavers v. Standridge

621

(8)

Right to a Deficiency Judgment

629

(24)

First Fidelity Acceptance v. Hutchins

630

(2)

Wilmington Trust Co. v. Conner

632

(17)

In re Ford Motor Co.

649

(4)

Restrictions on the Use of Security Interests

653

(1)

Leases

654

(3)

Other Contractual and Procedural Devices to Facilitate Collection

657

(29)

Wage Assignments

657

(1)

Agreements and Statutes Concerning Procedure

658

(16)

Confession of Judgment

658

(2)

Default Judgments

660

(5)

Vargas v. Allied Finance Co.

665

(2)

Schubach v. Household Finance Corp.

667

(7)

Attorney's Fees

674

(6)

Peoples Finance & Thrift Co. v. Blomquist

674

(1)

New Finance, Ltd. v. Ellis

675

(5)

Waiver of Exemptions

680

(1)

Cosigners

681

(5)

PART IV Enforcement by the Consumer

Against Whom?

686

(48)

Liability of a Franchisor for the Misconduct of Its Franchisee

686

(17)

Drexel v. Union Prescription Centers, Inc

687

(16)

Liability of the Financer for the Misconduct of the Seller

703

(25)

Background

703

(5)

The FTC Rule

708

(1)

Transactions Covered

708

(2)

Consequences of Noncompliance

710

(1)

Iron & Glass Bank v. Franz

710

(5)

Effectiveness of the Rule

715

(1)

Ford Motor Credit Company v. Morgan

716

(8)

Credit Cards

724

(2)

Nature of the Claim or Defense

726

(2)

Misconduct of the Financer or Other Third Parties

728

(6)

Financers

728

(2)

Real Estate Brokers

730

(1)

Endorsers

731

(1)

Corporate Officers and Directors

731

(1)

Others

732

(1)

Federal Trade Commission Act

732

(2)

Remedies

734

(103)

Escape From the Deal

734

(14)

Transactions in Goods

734

(1)

Jones v. Abriani

734

(6)

Other Transactions

740

(3)

Mayfield v. Vanguard Savings & Loan Association

743

(5)

Obtaining the Benefit of the Deal

748

(89)

Increasing the Recovery

748

(1)

Attorney's Fees

748

(5)

Postow v. Oriental Building Association

753

(17)

Freeman v. B & B Associates

770

(7)

Minimum Damages

777

(1)

Scott v. Western International Surplus Sales, Inc

778

(5)

Harris v. Beneficial Finance Co.

783

(1)

Punitive Damages

784

(6)

Reducing the Costs

790

(1)

Nonjudicial Mechanisms

790

(4)

Rollins, Inc. v. Foster

794

(13)

Enforcement by a Public Agency

807

(3)

Kugler v. Romain

810

(6)

Small Claims Courts

816

(1)

Class Actions

817

(2)

Edelman v. Lee Optical Co

819

(3)

Brooks v. Midas--International Corp.

822

(5)

Parker v. George Thompson Ford, Inc.

827

(10)

Index

837

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