US court rejects transfer of credit card fees rule case amid focus on 'judge shopping'

[BumRushDaShow]

Source: Reuters

April 5, 2024 11:44 PM EDT


April 5 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court ruled on Friday that a Texas judge wrongly transferred to another court in Washington, D.C., an industry-backed lawsuit challenging an agency rule on credit card late fees, highlighting the debate over "judge shopping" in the U.S.

The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit of Appeals on a 2-1 vote sided with business and banking groups who last month filed the lawsuit in Fort Worth, Texas, a city whose federal courthouse has become a favorite venue for litigants challenging President Joe Biden's administration's policies.

The ruling was a jurisdictional victory for business groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and American Bankers Association amid a broader debate over how and whether to rein in "judge shopping" by litigants who sue over government policies in courts with one or two sympathetic judges.

The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), whose rule was the subject of the lawsuit, and business groups did not respond to requests for comment. At issue was the CFPB rule targeting what the government agency has called "excessive" fees credit card issuers charge for late payments, which it estimated costs consumers $12 billion per year.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-court-rejects-transfer-credit-card-fees-rule-case-amid-focus-judge-shopping-2024-04-06/

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The 5th Circuit loons are now blatantly thumbing their noses at any expectation of the need to be "unbiased".

[bucolic_frolic]

1. This is Roberts' fault. He has to devise a policy to enforce the directive, even if

it was issued by a rule-making committee. We're getting to the point where there are two SCOTUS, one in Washington and another in Texas.

[jvill]

6. That's exactly what they want

There is no actual love for democracy or the American system on the right; only how they can use our adherence to democracy against us. Conservatives are bad-faith practitioners down the line. Everything is a lie, at this point.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. Why do I always know when the 5th. District Appeals Court is involved just by the headline?

[Novara]

3. The case should never have been brought in Texas anyway, but they were clearly judge-shopping

Yes, it DOES belong in DC. And no, you can't legislate from the bench, fuckers.

[Midnight Writer]

4. The fees "costs consumers $12 billion per year" but makes banks $12 billion per year richer.

So naturally, the Democrats are against the fees and the Republicans are for them.

[jvill]

5. But but but John Roberts told me all judges are the same..?

Why should it matter if the case gets transferred to the most obvious venue?

Because the Supreme Court is corrupt and corrupted, as is vast swaths of the federal judiciary. We should put as much credibility into their rulings as a dog fart.

[republianmushroom]

7. Judge shopping, hell no, this is the way we do thing in the southern US. Silly boy.

Just looking for a "good ol'boy". One who does understand. And has the same ethics as
those republicans on the Supreme Court.