US SUPREME COURT DECISIONS
Safeco Ins. Co. of America v. Burr 551 U. S. ____
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Opinion [Justice Souter]
Concurrence [Justice Stevens]
Concurrence [Justice Thomas]
551 U. S. ____ (2007)
551 U. S. ____ (2007)
551 U. S. ____ (2007)
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
NOS. 06-84 AND 06-100
SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, et al., PETITIONERS
06–84 v.
CHARLES BURR et al.
GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, et al., PETITIONERS
06–100 v.
AJENE EDO
on writs of certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the ninth circuit
[June 4, 2007]
Justice Thomas, with whom Justice Alito joins, concurring in part.
I agree with the Court’s disposition and most of its reasoning. Safeco did not send notices to new customers because it took the position that the initial insurance rate it offered a customer could not be an “increase in any charge for . . . insurance” under 15 U. S. C. §1681a(k)(1)(B)(i). The Court properly holds that regardless of the merits of this interpretation, it is not an unreasonable one, and Safeco therefore did not act willfully. Ante, at 18–21. I do not join Part III–A of the Court’s opinion, however, because it resolves the merits of Safeco’s interpretation of §1681a(k)(1)(B)(i)—an issue not necessary to the Court’s conclusion and not briefed or argued by the parties.
