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2016 United States Supreme Court case From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Sheriff v. Gillie, 578 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the use of the Ohio Attorney General's letterhead, as its direction, was permissible and not a false, deceptive, or misleading representation under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.[1][2]
Sheriff v. Gillie | |
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Argued March 29, 2016 Decided May 16, 2016 | |
Full case name | Mark J. Sheriff, et al., Petitioners v. Pamela Gillie, et al. |
Docket no. | 15–338 |
Citations | 578 U.S. ___ (more) 136 S. Ct. 1594; 194 L. Ed. 2d 625 |
Opinion announcement | Opinion announcement |
Holding | |
The use of the Ohio Attorney General's letterhead, as its direction, was permissible and not a false, deceptive, or misleading representation under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. | |
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Case opinion | |
Majority | Ginsburg, joined by unanimous |
Laws applied | |
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act |
The Ohio Attorney General contracted out debt collection to private attorneys and instructed them to use the Ohio Attorney General's letterhead.[2]
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg authored a unanimous decision.[2]
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