LINDENBAUM v. REALGY, LLC

No. 20-4252.

13 F.4th 524 (2021)

Roberta LINDENBAUM, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, United States of America, Intervenor-Appellant, v. REALGY, LLC, a Connecticut limited liability company, dba Realgy Energy Services, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: September 9, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Ellen Noble , PUBLIC JUSTICE, PC, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Lindsey Powell , UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, Washington, D.C., for Intervenor. Ryan D. Watstein , KABAT CHAPMAN & OZMER LLP, Atlanta, Georgia, for Appellee. 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. 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. 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.

Before: GIBBONS, STRANCH, and BUSH, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

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, 2 L.Ed. 60 (1803). The district court held that a court conducting severability analysis defies that time-honored rule and instead "eliminat[es]" part of a statute...

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