Sprint Communs. Co., L.p. v. Apcc Servs.

Decided June 23, 2008. Stephen Gerald Breyer delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 07-552 · 554 U.S. 269 (2008) · Cited 726 times

Holding

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.

The Court’s statement of the holding, from the opinion’s syllabus. The syllabus is prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and is not part of the opinion of the Court — read the official opinion for authority.

How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Vermont Agency of Natural Resources v. United States Ex Rel. Stevens · 529 U.S. 765 (2000)
• Steel Co. v. Citizens for a Better Environment · 523 U.S. 83 (1998)
• Raines v. Byrd · 521 U.S. 811 (1997)
• Waite v. Santa Cruz · 184 U.S. 302 (1902)
• Titus v. Wallick · 306 U.S. 282 (1939)
• Warth v. Seldin · 422 U.S. 490 (1975)
• DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Cuno · 547 U.S. 332 (2006)
• Spiller v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co. · 253 U.S. 117 (1920)
• Lujan v. Defenders of Wildlife · 504 U.S. 555 (1992)
• Coleman v. Miller · 307 U.S. 433 (1939)
• Global Crossing Telecommunications, Inc. v. Metrophones Telecommunications, Inc. · 550 U.S. 45 (2007)
• Allen v. Wright · 468 U.S. 737 (1984)
• Baker v. Carr · 369 U.S. 186 (1962)
• Lewis v. Casey · 518 U.S. 343 (1996)
• Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp. · 429 U.S. 252 (1977)
• Simon v. Eastern Kentucky Welfare Rights Organization · 426 U.S. 26 (1976)
• Powers v. Ohio · 499 U.S. 400 (1991)
• Craig v. Boren · 429 U.S. 190 (1976)
• Diamond v. Charles · 476 U.S. 54 (1986)
• Secretary of State of Md. v. Joseph H. Munson Co. · 467 U.S. 947 (1984)
• Elk Grove Unified School District v. Newdow · 542 U.S. 1 (2004)
• Larson v. Valente · 456 U.S. 228 (1982)
• Kowalski v. Tesmer · 543 U.S. 125 (2004)
• Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Co. v. Wellman · 143 U.S. 339 (1892)
• GTE Sylvania, Inc. v. Consumers Union of the United States, Inc. · 445 U.S. 375 (1980)
• Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency · 549 U.S. 497 (2007)
• Lance v. Coffman · 549 U.S. 437 (2007)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Thole v. U. S. Bank N. A. · 590 U.S. 538 (2020)
• Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins · 578 U.S. 330 (2016)
• TransUnion LLC v. Ramirez · 594 U.S. 413 (2021)
• New York State Rifle & Pistol Assn., Inc. v. Bruen · 597 U.S. 1 (2022)
• Uzuegbunam v. Preczewski · 592 U.S. 279 (2021)
• United States v. Texas · 599 U.S. 670 (2023)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2008). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).