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COUSIN v. TRANS UNION CORP.

No. 99-60429.

246 F.3d 359 (2001)

Terry COUSIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. TRANS UNION CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Revised April 9, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Talmadge Lewis (argued), Pauline Shuler Lewis, Christopher Ethan Kittell, Lewis & Lewis, Clarksdale, MS, for Cousin.

Mark E. Kogan (argued), Bruce S. Luckman, Marion, Satzberg, Trichon, Kogan & Wertheimer, Philadelphia, PA, for Trans Union Corp.

Deborah M. Zuckerman, Stacy Jane Canan, AARP Foundation, Washington, DC, for American Ass'n of Retired Persons.

James B. Fishman, Fishman, Neil & Armentrout, LLP, New York City, for American Ass'n of Retired Persons, National Ass'n of Consumer Advocates, The National Consumer Law Center and U.S. Public Interest Research Group, Amicus Curiae.

Before GARWOOD, DeMOSS and PARKER, Circuit Judges.

DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

Defendant-Appellant Trans Union Corporation ("Trans Union") appeals, after a jury trial, a final judgment awarding Plaintiff-Appellee Terry Cousin ("Cousin") $50,000 in compensatory damages and $4,470,000 in punitive damages for violating the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA"), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1681u,1 and for defaming Cousin with malice. Because no reasonable jury could have found that Trans Union acted...

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