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PAR, Inc., et al. v. Nichole L. Richards

Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, No. 19-1184 · judgment March 25, 2020

Certiorari denied · November 2, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the Courts may look to state law to define “present right to possession” in 15 U.S.C. §1692f(6) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to expand upon the plain meaning of the statute’s text so as to create an enforcement mechanism for violations of state law.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Daniel S. Saylor
Garan Lucow Miller, P.C.

For respondent
Adina H. Rosenbaum
Public Citizen Litigation Group

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 02 2020
    Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Oct 07 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
  3. Sep 30 2020
    Waiver of right of respondent Nichole L Richards to respond filed.
  4. Sep 21 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due October 26, 2020)