First opinion of the day is a unanimous opinion from Thomas in Nebraska v. Parker, affirming the 8th Circuit. #SCOTUS
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tl;dr in Sturgeon: Alaska is different!
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The final opinion is in Hawkins v. Community Bank of Raymore, judgment affirmed "by an equally divided court" — our first 4-4 split.
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#SCOTUS is evenly divided on a case, the lower court decision stands. It is NOT a national precedent, though. As if case never taken. -
Today's equally divided court leaves in place a circuit split on whether guarantors can sue for violations of the Equal Credit Opp'y Act.
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The 8th Circuit held the the text of the ECOA is unambiguous, thus did not defer to the Federal Reserve's interpretation of "applicant."
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The 6th Circuit, however, found the Equal Credit law's meaning of "applicant" to be ambiguous — as did, apparently, the 7th Circuit.
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@chrisgeidner i like to think "Sturgeon v Frost" is about a fish that doesn't like the cold -
@sethdmichaels This made the members of the#SCOTUS press room laugh, FWIW. -
@chrisgeidner@sethdmichaels your work is done today Seth, take the rest of the day off.
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