Lawsuit over US credit card late fee rule must stay in Texas, court rules

- The U.S. Consumer Financial Protection Bureau on Tuesday suffered a jurisdictional setback in a lawsuit challenging its new rule capping credit card late fees at $8 when a federal appeals court held the case should stay in Texas and not be sent to a judge in Washington, D.C.

The CFPB had fought for months to move the case out of the federal court in Fort Worth, a venue that has become a favorite of litigants challenging the Democrat's agenda and whose two active judges are Republican appointees. Pittman ordered the case transferred for a second time on May 28, saying it chiefly involves out-of-state plaintiffs challenging actions of government officials in Washington. The only connection to Fort Worth was a local plaintiff, the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce.

The other members of the panel, U.S. Circuit Judges Kyle Duncan and Catharina Haynes, were both like Willett appointed by Republican presidents.

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