Madden v Midland Won’t Be Heard By The US Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court has decided not to hear the case of Saliha Madden v Midland Funding.

This was to be expected after US Solicitor General Donald Verrilli filed a devastating brief last month on behalf of the United States government that argued the US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit was incorrect in its ruling. There is “no circuit split on the question presented,” he wrote, and “the parties did not present key aspects of the preemption analysis” to the lower courts.

Vincent Basulto, a partner at Richards Kibbe & Orbe LLP in New York, said “While it is not expected that other circuits will adopt the reasoning of the Second Circuit, in part due to the arguments made by the Solicitor General, the appellate decision stands as good law in NY. The case will return to the district court for further consideration of other issues and there is reason to believe that the outcome there may be favorable for the financial services industry due to a choice of law issue which remains to be decided.”

US Solicitor General Verrilli resigned three days before the Supreme Court’s decision, but his brief on the case will likely be cited for years to come.

“For the foreseeable future,” Basulto added, “parties can be expected to structure their arrangements in an attempt to distinguish the Madden decision from their transaction, though it is not clear how best to do that.”

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