Anderson v. Liberty Lobby, Inc.

Holding that summary judgment is not appropriate if "the dispute about a material fact is ‘genuine,’ that is, if the evidence is such that a reasonable jury could return a verdict for the nonmoving party"

Celotex Corp. v. Catrett

Holding that a movant's summary judgment motion should be granted "against a [nonmovant] who fails to make a showing sufficient to establish the existence of an element essential to that party's case, and on which that party will bear the burden of proof at trial"

Spriggs v. Diamond Auto Glass

Holding that a reasonable jury could find that an African-American plaintiff was subject to a hostile work environment where he was continuously exposed to racist comments by his supervisor

Barwick v. Celotex Corp.

Holding that a plaintiff's self-serving affidavit that contradicted his own prior testimony did not create a genuine issue of material fact

Seago v. North Carolina Theatres, Inc.

Considering the defendants' renewed motions for summary judgment after the court initially continued the motions because the plaintiff had not had adequate time in which to complete discovery

Korotki v. Attorney Services Corp. Inc.

Holding that § 1681b permitted initiating a credit inquiry for the sole purpose of determining an address at which personal service could be effected, so long as the underlying litigation involved the collection of a consumer debt

Trans Union Corp. v. F.T.C

Finding that, like commercial speech, the regulations restricting consumer reports merited "only intermediate scrutiny"

Alston v. Equifax Info. Servs., LLC

Holding that in connection with cross-motions for summary judgment, the substance of the plaintiff's motion and her "silence" in response to the defendant's characterization of her claims as being based on violations of specified statutory provisions established abandonment of claims based on other statutory provisions set forth in her complaint

Harris v. Database Management Marketing, Inc.

Holding that a reseller complied with the FCRA because it obtained a certification from the end user, verified that the end user's "primary business purpose involv[ed] the accessing of consumer credit reports for a permissible purpose," and had no information that would call end user's representations into question

Alston v. Experian Info. Sols., Inc.

Rule 56 - Summary Judgment

Holding a party may move for summary judgment on any part of any claim or defense in the lawsuit

Rule 1 - Scope and Purpose

Recognizing the federal rules of civil procedure should be employed to promote the "just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding"

Section 1681 - Congressional findings and statement of purpose

Recognizing the need to protect "the consumer's right to privacy"

Section 1681b - Permissible purposes of consumer reports

Granting permission to obtain credit report where person "intends to use the information, as a potential investor or servicer, or current insurer, in connection with a valuation of, or an assessment of the credit or prepayment risks associated with, an existing credit obligation"

Section 1681a - Definitions; rules of construction

Adopting definition of "credit" and "creditor" as defined by 15 U.S.C. § 1691a(d)-(e)