United States Supreme Court

A district court may award costs to prevailing defendants in Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) cases without finding that the plaintiff brought the case in bad faith and for the purpose of harassment, because 15 U.S.C. section 1692k(a)(3) of the FDCPA, which allows for an award of attorney's fees and costs when a party brings suit in bad faith, is not contrary to and does not displace a district court's discretion to award costs under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54(d)(1), which gives district courts discretion to award costs to prevailing defendants unless a federal statute provides otherwise.

Appellate Information

• Decided 02/26/2013
• Published 02/26/2013

Judges

• THOMAS

Court

• United States Supreme Court

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