Legal Opinion
Obduskey v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided March 20, 2019No. 17-1307PublishedCited by 224 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breyer
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act regulates " 'debt collector[s].' " 15 U.S.C. § 1692a(6) ; see 91 Stat. 874, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq. A " 'debt collector,' " the Act says, is "any person ... in any business the principal purpose of which is the collection of any debts, or who regularly collects or attempts to collect, directly or indirectly, debts." § 1692a(6). This definition, however, goes on to say that "[f]or the purpose of section 1692f(6)" (a separate provision of the Act), "[the] term [debt collector] also includes any person ... in any business the principal purpose of which is…
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