Legal Opinion

Compucredit Corp. v. Greenwood

Supreme Court of the United States

Decided January 10, 2012No. 10-948PublishedCited by 322 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scalia

We consider whether the Credit Repair Organizations Act (CROA or Act), 15 U. S. C. § 1679 et seq., precludes enforce­ment of an arbitration agreement in a lawsuit alleging viola­tions of that Act.

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Respondents are individuals who applied for and received an Aspire Visa credit card marketed by petitioner Compu-­*97Credit Corporation and issued by Columbus Bank and Trust, now a division of petitioner Synovus Bank. In their applica­tions they agreed to be bound by a provision which read: “Any claim, dispute or controversy (whether in contract, tort, or otherwise) at any time arising from or relating…

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