Legal Opinion
Greenwood v. CompuCredit Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 17, 2010No. 09-15906PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
THOMAS, Circuit Judge.
This appeal presents the question, inter alia, as to whether the word “sue,” as used in the Credit Repair Organization Act (“CROA”), means “arbitrate.” Or, perhaps the question is, as Alice put it: “whether you can make words mean so many different things?”1 We conclude that Congress meant what it said in using the term “sue,” and that it did not mean “arbitrate.” We affirm the order of the district court denying the Credit Providers’ motion to compel arbitration.
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CompuCredit marketed a subprime credit card under the brand name Aspire Visa to consumers with low or…
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