Legal Opinion

Morris v. Equifax Information Services, LLC

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided August 11, 2006No. 05-20578PublishedCited by 38 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-appellant Kenneth M. Morris (Morris) appeals the district court’s summary judgment in favor of defendant-ap-pellee Equifax Information Services, LLC (Equifax). On Morris’s claim under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), we reverse and remand. On Morris’s state law claim for libel, we affirm.

Facts and Proceedings Below

On July 3, 2003, Morris obtained a “3-in-1 Credit Report” through TrueCredit’s internet website. 1 The 3-in-l report purported to show Morris’s account history information as provided by the three major credit reporting bureaus: Experian,…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. St. Amant v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
  3. Casso v. BrandTexas Supreme Court · 1989
  4. Jeffrey M. Duffy v. Leading Edge Products, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1995
  5. Terry Cousin v. Trans Union CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2001

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3Cited by38 opinions

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