United States Ninth Circuit

Section 1681s-2(b) of the Fair Credit Reporting Act creates a cause of action for a consumer against a furnisher of credit information.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/16/2002
• Decided 03/01/2002
• Published 03/01/2002

Judges

• Before:  GOODWIN, NOONAN and TROTT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Richard J. Rubin, Santa Fe, NM, and Mitchell D. Gliner, Las Vegas, NV, Joanne Faulkner, New Haven, CT, for the plaintiff-appellant., John F. Daly, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, DC, for the amicus in support of the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Gerald D. Waite and Nikki Baker, Kummer Kaempfer Bonner & Renshaw, Las Vegas, NV, for the defendant-appellee., James F. McCabe, Michael J. Agoglia, Andrew D. Muhlbach, Morrison & Foerster LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Mortgage Bankers Ass'n of America, as amicus curiae, supporting appellee and urging affirmance.