9 Cited authorities

  1. Ashcroft v. Iqbal

    556 U.S. 662 (2009)   Cited 263,477 times   281 Legal Analyses
    Holding court need not credit "mere conclusory statements" in complaint
  2. Henson v. CSC Credit Services

    29 F.3d 280 (7th Cir. 1994)   Cited 954 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[i]n order to state a claim under 15 U.S.C § 1681e(b), a consumer must sufficiently allege that a credit reporting agency prepared a report containing 'inaccurate' information"
  3. Sarver v. Experian Information Solutions

    390 F.3d 969 (7th Cir. 2004)   Cited 263 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that reasonableness is "normally a question for trial unless the reasonableness or unreasonableness of the procedures is beyond question."
  4. Obabueki v. International Business Machines Corp.

    145 F. Supp. 2d 371 (S.D.N.Y. 2001)   Cited 79 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Concluding that §§ 1681b(b) and "both affect users" whereas § 1681b(b) "sets forth obligations that an agency must satisfy before furnishing a consumer report"
  5. Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 12   Cited 357,835 times   950 Legal Analyses
    Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss
  6. Rule 8 - General Rules of Pleading

    Fed. R. Civ. P. 8   Cited 162,084 times   197 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "[e]very defense to a claim for relief in any pleading must be asserted in the responsive pleading. . . ."
  7. Section 15 - Suits by persons injured

    15 U.S.C. § 15   Cited 5,742 times   35 Legal Analyses
    Granting private right of action to anyone who has been injured "by reason of anything forbidden in the antitrust laws ..."
  8. Section 1681e - Compliance procedures

    15 U.S.C. § 1681e   Cited 1,439 times   67 Legal Analyses
    Requiring "[e]very consumer reporting agency" to "maintain reasonable procedures . . . to limit the furnishing of consumer reports" to permissible purposes
  9. Section 1681k - Public record information for employment purposes

    15 U.S.C. § 1681k   Cited 103 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Stating a "consumer reporting agency which furnishes a consumer report for employment purposes ... shall maintain strict procedures designed to insure that whenever public record information which is likely to have an adverse effect on a consumer's ability to obtain employment is reported it is complete and up to date"