Complaint Against John Mullins & Songs, Inc. Furniture Store for Violating Consumer Protection Act
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August 21, 1970

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Press Releases, Volume 6. Complaint Against John Mullins & Songs, Inc. Furniture Store for Violating Consumer Protection Act, 1970. e3e0a534-ba92-ee11-be37-00224827e97b. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/f6c8fc7f-5bc5-480e-afb2-893c1fc405e6/complaint-against-john-mullins-songs-inc-furniture-store-for-violating-consumer-protection-act. Accessed May 08, 2025.
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rE TELEGRAM 8/21/70 Complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Brooklyn yesterday against John Mullins & Sons, Inc., major Brooklyn furniture chain, charging gross violations of federal Consumer Protection Act (also called "Truth-In-Lending" law) in “each and every consumer credit sale" since 7/1/69. Alleged violations are: 1. failure to disclose annual percentage rate 2. failure to disclose total sum of periodic payments 3. failure to use any of the language required by the Act 4 failure to provide buyer with legible contract. NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc. (LDF), representing Mrs. Helen Kristiansen and all others who have entered into consumer credit sales with Mullins since 7/1/69, seeks to test whether sanctions of the Truth-In-Lending law can be used effectively in a class action to enforce the law in ghetto stores. For further information, contact LDF attorney Eric Schnapper: office Ju 6-8397; or home: 914-961-2477 Sent to: AP, UPI Post Daily News L.I. Press Wa?! St. Journal Brooklyn Daily Newsday Journal of Commerce (N.Y. T. had been called by Eric)