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SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS CO. v. APCC SERVICES

No. 07-552.

128 S.Ct. 2531 (2008)

554 U.S. 269

171 L.Ed.2d 424

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS CO., L. P., et al., Petitioners, v. APCC SERVICES, INC., et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 23, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carter G. Phillips , Washington, DC, for petitioners.

Roy T. Englert, Jr. , Washington, DC, for respondents.

Thomas C. Goldstein , Patricia A. Millett , Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP, Washington, D.C., David P. Murray , Randy J. Branitsky , Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP, Washington, D.C., for Petitioner Sprint Carter G. Phillips, Counsel of Record, David W. Carpenter, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, D.C., Wayne Watts, AT&T Inc., Senior Executive Vice President & General Counsel, San Antonio, TX, for Petitioner AT&T.

Roy T. Englert, Jr. , Counsel of Record, Donald J. Russell , Damon W. Taaffe , Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP, Washington, D.C., Michael W. Ward , Ward & Ward, P.C., Rolling Meadows, IL, for Respondents.

The question before us is whether an assignee of a legal claim for money owed has standing to pursue that claim in federal court, even when the assignee has promised to remit the proceeds of the litigation to the assignor. Because history and precedent make clear that such an assignee has long been...

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