On Tuesday, May 29, 2012, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari from the Tenth Circuit's decision in Marx
v. General Revenue Corp., U.S. No. 11 - 1175, to determine whether a prevailing defendant can be awarded routine costs (not attorney's fees) against a losing plaintiff in a Fair Debt Collection Practice Act (FDCPA) case where the plaintiff was found to have brought the suit in good faith.
The more important issue addressed in this case was the economic imbalance between economic litigants involved in constitutional litigation against the state, an issue dealt with in Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium
v. Canada (Commissioner of Customs and
Revenue) and Carter
v. Canada (Attorney
General).