Legal Opinion
Bennie Bryant v. Trw, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 20, 1982No. 80-1380PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Chief Judge.
Defendant, a credit reporting agency, appeals from an adverse judgment based on a jury verdict of $8,000 in actual damages and an attorney’s fee award of $13,705, which resulted from a suit prosecuted by plaintiff, an individual who was seeking credit for the purchase of a house. The verdict represented a finding that defendant had supplied inaccurate information to a mortgage company and had thereby caused the denial of plaintiff’s home loan application. The home loan was eventually approved.
The credit reporting agency was TRW Inc., an Ohio…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Albemarle Paper Co. v. MoodySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Newman v. Piggie Park Enterprises, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Northcross v. Memphis Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Northcross v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1979
- Wayne G. Hauser v. Equifax, Inc., AKA Retail Credit Company, and Physicians Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1979
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3Cited by73 opinions
- Renie Guimond v. Trans Union Credit Information CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- James R. Philbin, Jr. v. Trans Union Corporation Trw Credentials James Philbin, Jr.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
- Jennifer Cushman v. Trans Union CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1997
- Carmine Casella v. Equifax Credit Information Services, and Trans Union CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- Jerry L. Crabill v. Trans Union, L.L.C.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2001
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