Manikan v. Peters & Freedman, L.L.P, ___F.3d___, 2020 WL 6938318 (9th Cir. 11/25/20)
Manikan v. Peters & Freedman, L.L.P, ___F.3d___, 2020 WL 6938318 (9th Cir. 11/25/20): Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on the interplay between two federal statutes, the Bankruptcy Code (Code) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). The Ninth Circuit ruled that its prior precedent establishing contempt as the exclusive remedy for discharge injunction violations did not preclude a discharged debtor from seeking a remedy under the FDCPA against debt collectors who attempted to collect a discharged debt which had been paid in full.