Panel Reverses Dismissal Of Claims Against Tenant Screening Firm, Remands

Mealey's (May 15, 2019, 1:57 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel in a May 14 majority decision reversed the dismissal of a tenant’s claims for violations of California’s Investigative Consumer Reporting Agencies Act (ICRAA) and unfair competition law (UCL) and the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) asserted against a company that prepares tenant screening reports for landlords, holding that based on a recent California Supreme Court ruling, a district court improperly held that the ICRAA was unconstitutionally vague (Gabriel Felix Moran v. The Screening Pros, LLC, No. 12-57246, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 14215)....