Legal Opinion
Sheriff v. Gillie
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 16, 2016No. 15–338PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Ginsburg
Ohio law authorizes the State's Attorney General to retain, as independent contractors, "special counsel" to act on the Attorney General's behalf in collecting certain debts owed to Ohio or an instrumentality of the State. Ohio Rev.Code Ann. § 109.08 (Lexis 2014). As required by the Attorney General, special counsel use the Attorney General's letterhead in communicating with debtors. App. 93. The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 91 Stat. 874 , 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq . (FDCPA or Act), *1598 aims to eliminate "abusive debt collection practices." § 1692(a) -(d). To that end, the Act imposes…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gregory v. AshcroftSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Nixon v. Missouri Municipal LeagueSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
- Pamela Gillie v. Law Office of Eric A. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2015
- U.S. Army Corp of Eng'rs v. Hawkes Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 2015
- Gillie v. Law Office of Eric A. Jones, LLCDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 2014
3Cited by47 opinions
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- Friends of Eel River v. North Coast Ry. Auth.California Supreme Court · 2017
- Anita Cagayat v. United Collection Bureau, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2020
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