ROBERTA LINDENBAUM, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. REALGY, LLC, A CONNECTICUT LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, DBA REALGY ENERGY SERVICES - Articles

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ROBERTA LINDENBAUM, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. REALGY, LLC, A CONNECTICUT LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, DBA REALGY ENERGY SERVICES

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Sep 9, 2021

Court: 6th Circuit Court (Published Opinions)

Attorneys 1: ARGUED: Ellen Noble, PUBLIC JUSTICE, PC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant.

Attorneys 2: ARGUED: Lindsey Powell, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor. Ryan D. Watstein, KABAT CHAPMAN & OZMER LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellee.

Attorneys 3: ON BRIEF: Ellen Noble, Leah Nicholls, PUBLIC JUSTICE, PC, Washington, D.C., Katrina Carroll, CARLSON LYNCH LLP, Chicago, Illinois, Adam T. Savett, SAVETT LAW OFFICES LLC, Allentown, Pennsylvania, for Appellant.

Attorneys 4: ON BRIEF: Lindsey Powell, UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor. Ryan D. Watstein, Matthew A. Keilson, KABAT CHAPMAN & OZMER LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, Paul A. Grammatico, KABAT CHAPMAN & OZMER LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Appellee.

Attorneys 5: ON BRIEF: Scott L. Nelson, Allison M. Zieve, PUBLIC CITIZEN LITIGATION GROUP, Washington, D.C., Thomas M. Fisher, OFFICE OF THE INDIANA ATTORNEY GENERAL, Indianapolis, Indiana, Tara Twomey, NATIONAL CONSUMER LAW CENTER, Boston, Massachusetts, David J. Carey, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION OF OHIO FOUNDATION, Columbus, Ohio, Jessica L. Ellsworth, HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP, Washington, D.C., Roman Martinez, LATHAM & WATKINS LLP, Washington, D.C., Michael H. Pryor, BROWNSTEIN HYATT FARBER SCHRECK, LLP, Washington, D.C., Shay Dvoretzky, Parker A. Rider-Longmaid, SKADDEN, ARPS, SLATE, MEAGHER & FLOM LLP, Washington, D.C., for Amici Curiae.

Judge(s): GIBBONS, STRANCH, and BUSH, Circuit Judges

Court Appealed: United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio at Cleveland

JOHN K. BUSH, Circuit Judge. Courts do not rewrite, amend, or strike down statutes. We only “say what the law is.” Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. (1 Cranch) 137, 177 (1803). The district court held that a court conducting severability analysis defies that time-honored rule and instead “eliminat[es]” part of a statute. Lindenbaum v. Realgy, LLC, 497 F. Supp. 3d 290, 297 (N.D. Ohio 2020). It does not. We therefore reverse.

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