7 canonical passages across 6 cases, quoted by 34 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Kort v. Diversified Collection Services, Inc..
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kort v. Diversified Collection Services, Inc. Anchor | green | “does not require debt collectors to take every conceivable precaution to avoid errors; rather, it only requires reasonable precaution.” | 7 |
| 2 | Cheryl L. Hyman v. Dick Tate and Harry Kirlin, D/b/a/ Tate & Kirlin Associates | green | “the fdcpa does not require collectors to independently verify the validity of the debt to qualify for the 'bona fide error' defense.” | 6 |
| 3 | Kort v. Diversified Collection Services, Inc. | green | “a debt collector need only show that its fdcpa violation was unintentional, not that its actions were unintentional.” | 6 |
| 4 | Nicholas Hess v. Board of Trustees of Southern | green | “construing all facts and drawing all reasonable inferences in favor of the party against whom the motion under consideration was filed.” | 6 |
| 5 | Darlene Jenkins v. George W. Heintz and Bowman, Heintz, Boscia & McPhee | green | “an eight-step, highly detailed pre-litigation review process.” | 3 |
| 6 | Delisa Ross v. Rjm Acquisitions Funding LLC | green | “prompt cessation of any attempt to collect a debt upon notification that it had been discharged.” | 3 |
| 7 | Gregory Leeb v. Nationwide Credit Corporation | green | “susceptible of few broad, generally applicable rules of law.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.