Legal Opinion
Scott v. Real Estate Finance Group
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 9, 1999No. Docket No. 98-7935PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLER, Circuit Judge:
Jonathan and Robert Scott, who are brothers, sued several defendants including ERA Gatewood Realty, Inc. (“Gate-wood”) and broker Ira Simonoff, alleging that the defendants violated the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681, 1681a-1681u, as well as New York’s Fair Credit Reporting Act (“NYFCRA”), N.Y. Gen. Bus. L. §§ 380, 380-a-380-s. The Scotts claimed that Gatewood and Simonoff obtained and used their credit reports without proper notice or authorization and by means of false pretenses. The United States District Court for the Eastern District…
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