Consumer Credit Regulation: 7.7.13 Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies
In a 2005 Texas case, Meekey v. Rick’s Cabaret International, Inc., the defendant argued that the consumers were required to exhaust their administrative remedies.712 The case involved an illegal surcharge in violation of the Texas Finance Code. The defendant argued that the code was part of a pervasive regulatory scheme and that the Texas Finance Commission had either exclusive or primary jurisdiction of the dispute.