Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. Greenwood Credit Union
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 19, 2008No. 07-2354PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This putative class action challenges the legality, under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA” or “the Act”), 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., of an unsolicited letter to a consumer about the offering of credit for a home loan. Defendant Greenwood Credit Union sent the letter to plaintiff, Anthony Sullivan, and others based on a list of individuals meeting certain minimal credit requirements that Greenwood had purchased from a credit reporting agency, a process called pre-screening. This unsolicited letter to Sullivan and others triggered the requirements of the FCRA, which…
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