United States Ninth Circuit

In an action under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) for improperly obtaining a credit report regarding Plaintiff, summary judgment for Defendant is reversed where: 1) the matter involved neither a transaction where Plaintiff sought credit nor the collection of a judgment debt; and thus 2) the FCRA did not authorize Defendant to obtain the report.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/09/2007
• Decided 04/30/2009
• Published 04/30/2009

Judges

• Before:  MARY M. SCHROEDER, RICHARD R. CLIFTON, and CARLOS T. BEA, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Andrew J. Ogilvie (argued), Kemnitzer, Anderson, Barron, Ogilvie & Brewer, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for appellant/cross-appellee Maria E. Pintos., Daniel J. McLoon (argued), Jones Day, Los Angeles, CA, Adam R. Sand and Marc S. Carlson, Jones Day, San Francisco, CA, for appellee/cross-appellant Experian Information Solutions, Inc., Andrew M. Steinheimer (argued) and Mark E. Ellis, Ellis Coleman Poirier LaVoie & Steinheimer, LLP, Sacramento, CA, for appellee Pacific Creditors Association.