MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC v. JOHNSON

No. 16-348.

137 S.Ct. 1407 (2017)

581 U.S. 224

MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, Petitioner v. Aleida JOHNSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kannon K. Shanmugam , Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Daniel L. Geyser , Los Angeles, CA, for Respondent.

Sarah E. Harrington , for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondent.

Jason B. Tompkins , Chase T. Espy , Balch & Bingham LLP, Birmingham, AL, Kannon K. Shanmugam , Allison B. Jones , Masha G. Hansford , Katherine A. Petti , William T. Marks , Williams & Connolly LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Earl P. Underwood, Jr. , Kenneth J. Riemer , Underwood & Riemer, P.C., Fairhope, AL, Peter K. Stris , Brendan S. Maher , Dana Berkowitz , Daniel L. Geyser , Douglas D. Geyser , Stris & Maher LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Radha A. Pathak , Whither Law School, Costa Mesa, CA, for Respondent.


The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 91 Stat. 874, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq., prohibits a debt collector from asserting any "false, deceptive, or misleading representation," or using any "unfair or unconscionable means" to collect, or attempt to collect, a debt, §§ 1692e...

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