United States Ninth Circuit

Summary judgment in favor of defendant-Attorney General, holding that the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act preempts the California Financial Information Privacy Act (SB1), is reversed where there is a possibility that some of the provisions of SB1 may survive preemption.

Appellate Information

• Argued 12/06/2004
• Decided 06/20/2005
• Published 06/20/2005

Judges

• WILLIAM A. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge., Before: KOZINSKI, W. FLETCHER, and BYBEE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• E. Edward Bruce, Keith A. Noreika, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C.;  Richard A. Jones, Covington & Burling, San Francisco, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants., Nancy L. Perkins, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., for amicus America's Community Bankers., Bruce E. Clark, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York, NY, for amicus Clearing House Association., William H. Jordan, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, GA, for amicus Investment Company Institute, et al., L. Richard Fischer, Morrison & Foerster, Washington, D.C., for amicus Citizens for a Sound Economy., Thomas J. Segal, Office of Thrift Supervision, Washington, D.C., for amicus Office of Thrift Supervision., Horace G. Sneed, Washington, D.C., for amicus Office of the Comptroller of the Currency., Kathryn R. Norcross, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C., for amicus Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation., Richard M. Ashton, Bd of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., for amicus Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System., Hattie M. Ulan, National Credit Union Administration, Alexandria, VA, for amicus National Credit Union Administration., John F. Daly, Federal Trade Commission, Washington, D.C., for amicus Federal Trade Commission., Scott D. McKinlay, E-Loan, Inc., Pleasanton, CA, for amicus E-Loan, Inc., Julie Brill, Office of the Attorney General, Montpelier, VT, for amici State of Vermont, et al.


• For Appellees:
  
• Kimberly L. Gauthier, California Department of Corporations, Sacramento, California;  Susan E. Henrichsen, Supervising Atty. General, Catherine Z. Ysrael, Michele Van Gelderen, Deputy Atty. Generals, Office of the California Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for the defendants-appellees.