Van Straaten v. Shell Oil Products Co. LLC

EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge.

The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1681c(g), requires the truncation of credit-card numbers on electronically printed receipts. The receipt must not display “more than the last 5 digits of the card number”. The statute does not define the phrase “card number”. This interlocutory appeal — which the district court authorized under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b), see 2011 U.S. Dist. Lexis 142894 (N.D.Ill. Dec. 8, 2011) — presents the question whether “card number” and “primary account number” are interchangeable. Shell Oil printed on receipts at its gas…