Rotkiske v. Klemm — civil / consumer — affirmance — Hardiman

In a rare unanimous en banc opinion, the Third Circuit today split with two other circuits and held that the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act’s statute of limitations begins to run when the violation occurs, not when it is discovered. The opinion is crisp and clear: “In our view, the Act says what it means and means what it says.”

The opinion was unanimous with the entire active court plus Judge Fisher. Arguing counsel were Matthew Weisberg of Weisberg Law and Adina Rosenbaum of Public Citizen for the appellant and Carl Zapffe of Kentucky for the appellees. Video of the argument is here.