Legal Opinion
Kevin Stout v. Freescore, LLC
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided February 21, 2014No. 10-56887PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
COGAN, District Judge:
Kevin Stout appeals the dismissal of his putative class action against FreeScore, LLC (“FreeScore”), under the Credit Repair Organizations Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1679, et seq. (“CROA”). In dismissing Stout’s claim, the district court concluded that FreeScore is not a “credit repair organization” as defined in the CROA. We hold that FreeScore is a “credit repair organization” for purposes of the CROA, because FreeScore, through the representations it made on "its website and in its television advertising, offered a service, in return for the payment of money, for the…
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