United States Seventh Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant is affirmed in a suit under the Fair Credit Reporting Act where the language of 15 U.S.C. section 1681g(a)(1), the FTC's interpretive guideline, and a Senate Committee Report all support defendant's argument that "file" means information included in a consumer report issued to third parties, not every bit of data in a consumer file.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/30/2006
• Decided 03/16/2007
• Published 03/16/2007

Judges

• EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James M. Pietz (argued), Malakoff, Doyle & Finberg, Pittsburgh, PA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Michael O'Neil (argued), DLA Piper US LLP, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.