No. 19-100

Crown Asset Management LLC v. Mary Barbato

Lower Court: Third Circuit
Docketed: 2019-07-19
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Amici (2) Experienced Counsel
Tags: circuit-split consumer-protection debt-buyer debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act legal-standing passive-debt-buyer standing statutory-interpretation
Key Terms:
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Latest Conference: 2019-10-01
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a passive debt buyer is a debt collector under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

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)

Docket Entries

2019-10-07
Petition DENIED.
2019-09-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/1/2019.
2019-09-11
Reply of petitioner Crown Asset Management, LLC filed. (Distributed)
2019-08-27
Brief of respondent Mary Barbato in opposition filed.
2019-08-19
Brief amicus curiae of RMAI, Inc. filed.
2019-08-19
Brief amicus curiae of ACA International filed.
2019-08-13
Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including September 18, 2019.
2019-08-08
Motion to extend the time to file a response from August 19, 2019 to September 18, 2019, submitted to The Clerk.
2019-08-02
Blanket Consent filed by Petitioner, Crown Asset Management, LLC.
2019-07-19
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 19, 2019)
2019-05-02
Application (18A1124) granted by Justice Alito extending the time to file until July 22, 2019.
2019-05-01
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.

Attorneys

ACA International
James Allen MoseleyGray Reed & McGraw, P.C., Amicus
James Allen MoseleyGray Reed & McGraw, P.C., Amicus
Crown Asset Management, LLC
Kannon K. ShanmugamPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Petitioner
Kannon K. ShanmugamPaul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, Petitioner
Mary Barbato
Daniel A. EdelmanEdelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC, Respondent
Daniel A. EdelmanEdelman, Combs, Latturner & Goodwin, LLC, Respondent
Receivables Management Association International, Inc.
Donald S. Maurice Jr.Maurice Wutscher, LLP, Amicus
Donald S. Maurice Jr.Maurice Wutscher, LLP, Amicus