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Crown Asset Management LLC v. Mary Barbato

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, No. 18-1042 · judgment February 22, 2019


Certiorari denied · October 7, 2019
Pre-decision estimate: 15% cert probability (95% interval 10%–23%)

Before the decision, about 3.7× the 4.1% base rate. The model weighted this up for counsel who has won certiorari before, a Third Circuit decision below, and a circuit split argued in the petition.

Question presented

Whether a passive debt buyer—an entity that purchases defaulted debts for its own account, refers the debts to third parties who perform collection, and does not itself communicate with the debtors—is a debt collector for purposes of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. (I)

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Kannon K. Shanmugam
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

For respondent
Daniel A. Edelman
Edelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Amicus briefs
2 cert-stage

Linked docket
18A1124

Proceedings

  1. Oct 07 2019
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Sep 11 2019
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
  3. Sep 11 2019
    Reply of petitioner Crown Asset Management, LLC filed. (Distributed)
  4. Aug 27 2019
    Brief of respondent Mary Barbato in opposition filed.
  5. Aug 19 2019
    Brief amicus curiae of RMAI, Inc. filed.
  6. Aug 19 2019
    Brief amicus curiae of ACA International filed.
  7. Aug 13 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 18, 2019.
  8. Aug 08 2019
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 19, 2019 to September 18, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
  9. Aug 02 2019
    Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Crown Asset Management, LLC.
  10. Jul 19 2019
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 19, 2019)
  11. May 02 2019
    Application (18A1124) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 22, 2019.
  12. May 01 2019
    Application (18A1124) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from May 23, 2019 to July 22, 2019, submitted to Justice Alito.