Supreme Court of the United States

Dennis Obduskey, Petitioner v. McCarthy & Holthus LLP — Sotomayor, J., Concurring

March 20, 2019139 S. Ct. 1029

Summary

Justice Sotomayor concurs with the Court’s interpretation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s definition of “debt collector” to include entities that enforce security interests, such as nonjudicial foreclosures. She notes the case is close, that Congress may clarify the statute if needed, and emphasizes that enforcing a security interest does not grant blanket immunity from the FDCPA.