U.S. High Court Asked To Decide If Bankruptcy Court May Certify Nationwide Class

(November 15, 2023, 2:22 PM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A New York debtor who seeks to proceed with claims on behalf of a nationwide class that Citigroup Inc. and Citibank N.A. (together, Citi) have a policy of “trap[ping]” debtors by failing to remove notations of “charged off” accounts following bankruptcy discharge orders filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court seeking review of a ruling by the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that the class could never be certified....