1. Thus, the Brackfield court was free to interpret the RFPA as it saw fit. However, this Note goes on to argue that it should have given more precedential weight to how the higher court interpreted statutes with similar schemes;The Brackfield district court is within the Sixth Circuit, which had not interpreted the RFPA specifically, though it had interpreted similar statutes,2009
2. The Search for Better Communication Between the Debt Collector and the Consumer Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act
3. In addition to these cases, the same court that decided Brackfield, in a case involving the FDCPA, held that "whether [a] plaintiff is entitled to statutory or actual damages are two separate inquiries;Hoffman v. GC Servs. Ltd. P'ship,1996
4. Id. However, the Sixth Circuit decontextualizes the statement's meaning in its reliance on it. At issue in S.E.C. was the RFPA's requirement that banks notify customers whose information has been subpoenaed, and the Court goes on to emphasize the RFPA's narrowness in the context of the SEC and citizens seeking to challenge its administrative subpoenas;Brackfield, 645 F. App'x,1984