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Sheriff v. Gillie

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Docket nos.
  
15–338

Opinion announcement
  
Opinion announcement

Citations
  
578 U.S. ___ (more)

Date
  
2016

Full case name
  
Mark J. Sheriff, et al., Petitioners v. Pamela Gillie, et al.

Majority
  
Ginsburg, joined by unanimous

Sheriff v gillie oral argument march 29 2016


Sheriff v. Gillie, 578 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the use of the Ohio Attorney General's letterhead, as its direction, was permissible and not a false, deceptive, or misleading representation under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

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Background

The Ohio Attorney General contracted out debt collection to private attorneys and instructed them to use the Ohio Attorney General's letterhead.

Opinion of the Court

Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg authored a unanimous decision.

References

Sheriff v. Gillie Wikipedia