Gorsuch's Maiden Opinion: Terse, Plain-Spoken and Text-Based
Gorsuch's decision in followed the high court's tradition of giving the newbie a positive experience by assigning him or her to write in a relatively straightforward case likely to yield a unanimous decision.
June 13, 2017 at 12:17 AM
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The original version of this story was published on National Law Journal
New U.S. Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch delivered his first opinion Monday, a tightly written unanimous decision that follows his pledge to focus on the text of statutes before the court.
Gorsuch's decision in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA, a case argued April 18, followed the high court's tradition of giving the newbie a positive experience by assigning him or her to write in a relatively straightforward case likely to yield a unanimous decision.
The case asked the court to clarify what a “debt collector” is under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and Gorsuch spelled out the dilemma plainly: “Everyone agrees that the term embraces the repo man—someone hired by a creditor to collect an outstanding debt. But what if you purchase a debt and then try to collect it for yourself—does that make you a 'debt collector' too?”
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