| Litigants: | Sheriff v. Gillie |
| Arguedate: | March 29 |
| Argueyear: | 2016 |
| Decidedate: | May 16 |
| Decideyear: | 2016 |
| Fullname: | Mark J. Sheriff, et al., Petitioners v. Pamela Gillie, et al. |
| Docket: | 15–338 |
| Opinionannouncement: | https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/15pdf/15-338_lkgn.pdf |
| Usvol: | 578 |
| Uspage: | ___ |
| Parallelcitations: | 136 S. Ct. 1594; 194 L. Ed. 2d 625 |
| Holding: | The use of the Ohio Attorney General's letterhead, as its direction, was permissible and not a false, deceptive, or misleading representation under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. |
| Majority: | Ginsburg |
| Joinmajority: | unanimous |
| Lawsapplied: | Fair Debt Collection Practices Act |
Sheriff v. Gillie, 578 U.S. ___ (2016), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that the use of the Ohio Attorney General's letterhead, as its direction, was permissible and not a false, deceptive, or misleading representation under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.[1] [2]
The Ohio Attorney General contracted out debt collection to private attorneys and instructed them to use the Ohio Attorney General's letterhead.
Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg authored a unanimous decision.