No. 18-482

Paul Hill v. Accounts Receivable Services, LLC

Lower Court: Eighth Circuit
Docketed: 2018-10-16
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: bosch-v-commissioner circuit-split eighth-circuit fair-debt-collection-practices-act interest-statute materiality materiality-requirement pre-judgment-interest state-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-01-04
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the Eighth Circuit may disregard this Court's instructions in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc. regarding the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED This case presents four questions: (1) Whether the Eighth Circuit may disregard this Court’s instructions in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., 137 S. Ct. 1718 (2017) for construction of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act in deciding to import a “materiality” requirement into 15 U.S.C. § 1692e based on speculation about the Act’s purpose. (2) Whether the Eighth Circuit’s refusal to resolve the underlying state law question regarding the applicable interest statue violated this Court’s instruction in Commissioner v. Estate of Bosch, 387 U.S. 456; 87 S. Ct. 1776; 18 L. Ed. 2d 886 (1967). (3) Whether Congress specifically included a “materiality” requirement in the statutory text of the Fair Debt Collection Practice Act when it was written and enacted in 1978. (4) Whether Minn. Stat. § 334.01 remains the applicable pre-judgment interest statute for contact-type claims under Minnesota law.

Docket Entries

2019-01-07
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-28
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/4/2019.
2018-11-14
Brief of respondent Accounts Receivable Services, LLC in opposition filed.
2018-08-23
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 15, 2018)

Attorneys

Accounts Receivable Services, LLC
Michael August KluthoBassford Remele, Respondent
Michael August KluthoBassford Remele, Respondent
Paul Hill
Darren Brayer SchwiebertDBS Law LLC, Petitioner
Darren Brayer SchwiebertDBS Law LLC, Petitioner