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4 results

HOUSEHOLD CREDIT SERVICES v. PFENNIG, SHARON R. (37222)

    Order dated: 03/10/03
    Docket number: 02-857
    Action:
        The Solicitor General is invited to file a brief in this case expressing the views of the United States.

HOUSEHOLD CREDIT SERVICES v. PFENNIG, SHARON R. (37222)

    Order dated: 06/27/03
    Docket number: 02-857
    Action:
        The petitions for writs of certiorari are granted.

HOUSEHOLD CREDIT SERVICES v. PFENNIG, SHARON R. (37222)

    Order dated: 10/06/03
    Docket number: 02-857
    Action:
        The motion of petitioner to dispense with printing the joint appendix is granted.

HOUSEHOLD CREDIT SERVICES v. PFENNIG, SHARON R. (37222)

    Order dated: 11/03/03
    Docket number: 02-857
    Action:
        The motions of the Solicitor General for leave to participate in oral argument as amicus curiae and for divided argument are granted.

A description of the questions presented by the case has been prepared:

Whether the Federal Reserve Board reasonably classified a fee imposed by a credit card lender because a consumer has exceeded the credit limit as one of the "other charges which may be imposed" under the account [15 U.S.C. 1637(a)(5)] rather than as a "finance charge" [15 U.S.C. 1605(a)], within the meaning of the Truth in Lending Act, 15 U.S.C. 1601 et seq?

An opinion has been handed down: