LOCKARD v. EQUIFAX, INC.

No. 97-8023.

163 F.3d 1259 (1998)

William D. LOCKARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EQUIFAX, INC., a Georgia Corporation, et al., Defendants, Baton Rouge General Medical Center, a Louisiana Corporation; Baton Rouge General Health Center, a Louisiana Corporation; Patient Financial Services, Inc., A Louisiana Corporation; Southern Credit Recovery, a Louisiana Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

December 31, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce McCord Edenfield, Hicks, Maloof & Campbell, Atlanta, GA, L. Hunter Compton, Jr., Dominick, Fletcher, Yielding, Wood & Lloyd, Birmingham, AL, Neal P. Connor, Decatur, AL, H.J. Ferguson, Jr., Ferguson, Frost & Dodson, LLP, Birmingham AL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Marc S. Sacks, Kilpatrick Stockton, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Equifax, Inc.

Thomas E. McCarter, Atlanta, GA, for Certified Bureau.

Donna Potts Bergeson, Hilary E. Buckley, Alston & Bird, Atlanta, GA, for Baton Rouge General Medical Ctr., Baton Rouge General Health Ctr., and Patient Financial Services, Inc.

Henry E. Scrudder, Jr., Tiffany Taylor Norman, Goldner, Sommers, Scrudder & Bass, Atlanta, GA, for Southern Credit.

Before EDMONDSON and HULL, Circuit Judges, and CLARK, Senior Circuit Judge.


CLARK, Senior Circuit Judge:

In this case, plaintiff-appellant William D. Lockard alleged that he was denied credit because of outstanding debts on his credit report that he did not owe. He brought this suit in state court under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S.C. § 1681, and state law causes of action against numerous defendants. The defendants removed the case to federal district court, and the district...

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