Mone v. Dranow’s Empirical Analysis
945 F.2d 306 · 1991
Citation profile
8 federal appellate · 6 district · 2 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 26 later decisions — most recently May 2016 · most notably Bakker v. McKinnon (1998), Pintos v. Pacific Creditors Ass'n (2009)
8 federal appellate · 6 district · 2 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 1681 · 15 U.S.C. § 1681A · 15 U.S.C. § 1681B · 15 U.S.C. § 1681N
Relies on 24 Cal. 3d 773 - Wyatt v. Union Mortgage Co. · Transgo, Inc. v. Ajac Transmission Parts Corp. · Kirshner v. Uniden Corp. of America · Hansen v. Black · Ippolito v. WNS, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 26 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“(A)intends to use the information in connection with a credit transaction involving the consumer on whom the information is to be furnished and involving the extension of credit to, or review or collection of an account of, the consumer;”
5 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“Congress intended the FCRA to authorize a credit reporting agency to issue a consumer report to determine “an individual’s eligibility for credit, insurance or employment.” 116 Cong. Rec. 36,572 (1970) (Statement of Rep. Sullivan). Reports used for “business, commercial, or professional purposes” are not within the purview of the statute. Id. Determining whether an adverse party in litigation will be able to satisfy a judgment is plainly a purpose unrelated to an individual’s eligibility for credit, insurance or employment. A contrary construction of the statute would frustrate Congress’ intent.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A consumer whose credit report is obtained for reasons other than those listed in the statute may recover actual and punitive damages and attorney's fees and costs from the user of such information.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.