Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc.

Henson et al. v. Santander Consumer USA Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued April 18, 2017 Decided June 12, 2017
Full case name	Ricky Henson, et al., petitioners v. Santander Consumer USA Inc.
Docket no.	16-349
Citations	582 U.S. ___ (more) 137 S. Ct. 1718; 198 L. Ed. 2d 177
Argument	Oral argument
Case history
Prior	817 F.3d 131 (4th Cir. 2016); cert. granted, 137 S. Ct. 810 (2017).
Holding
A company may collect debts that it purchased for its own account without triggering the statutory definition of "debt collector." Fourth Circuit affirmed.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch
Case opinion
Majority	Gorsuch, joined by unanimous
Laws applied
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., 582 U.S. ___ (2017), is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which held that a company is not a "debt collector" under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) if it purchased that debt and then attempts to collect from the debtor. It was Justice Neil Gorsuch's first written opinion since joining the Court in April 2017.^[1]