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Petition of the day

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The petition of the day is:

17-736

Issues: (1) Whether good faith reliance on controlling circuit precedent, prior to any retroactive change in that law, is an unintentional “bona fide error” and a procedure “reasonably adapted to avoid error” within the meaning of the “bona fide error” defense in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692k(c); and (2) whether the due process clause prohibits punishment for conduct that was lawful when committed, but later prohibited by a retroactive change of law.

Cases: Blatt, Hasenmiller, Leibsker & Moore, LLC v. Oliva

Recommended Citation: Aurora Barnes, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Dec. 8, 2017, 12:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2017/12/petition-of-the-day-1279/