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