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Consumer Law Keyed to Whaley, 9th Ed.
Mars v. Spartanburg Chrysler Plymouth
Citation:
713 F.2d 65 (1983)Facts
Carrie Mars entered into a consumer credit transaction with Spartanburg Chrysler Plymouth, Inc. and First National Bank of South Carolina for the purchase of an automobile. The creditors provided Mars with a disclosure statement that contained technical violations of the original Regulation Z implementing the Truth in Lending Act. Specifically, the disclosure form used the term “amount financed” instead of the required term “unpaid balance” as mandated by 12 C.F.R. § 226.8(c)(5). Additionally, certain numerical amounts in the paragraphs labeled “Late Payment” and “Prepayment” were disclosed in eight-point type rather than the required ten-point type as specified in 12 C.F.R. § 226.6(a). The appellees conceded these were technical variations from Regulation Z but contended that Mars received sufficient disclosure to make meaningful credit comparisons and sustained no actual injury.
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