9th Circuit Stands Firm on its Gorman Decision Regarding FCRA Pre-emption and Furnisher Re-Investigation

The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit re-issued its Gorman decision, following re-hearing petitions filed by industry, with mere commentary in footnotes. 

With these amendments, the panel unanimously has voted to deny Appellant’s petition for rehearing en banc and Appellee’s petition for panel rehearing and petition for rehearing en banc.  The full court has been advised of the petitions for rehearing en banc, and no judge has requested a vote on whether to rehear the matter en banc. Fed. R. App. P. 35. The petition for panel rehearing is DENIED and the petitions for rehearing en banc are DENIED. No further petitions for rehearing or rehearing en banc may be filed.

 

The full opinion can be found here.