A case previously adjudicated by the Third Circuit is poised to become the vehicle for the U.S. Supreme Court to resolve a split among federal appeals courts over when the statute of limitations begins to run under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.

The high court on Monday granted certiorari in Rotkiske v. Klemm, in which last year an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit determined that the discovery rule does not apply to the FDCPA, meaning the statute of limitations begins to run as soon as the alleged violation. That ruling upheld a decision by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.