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2015 Sup. Ct. Preview 115 (2015-2016)
Synopsis and Questions Presented

handle is hein.journals/suemrtpre23 and id is 138 raw text is: Spokeo, Inc. v. Robins 13-1339 Ruling Below: Robins v. Spokeo, Inc., 742 F.3d 409 (9th Cir. Cal. 2014) The Circuit panel reversed the district court's dismissal, based on Article III standing, of an action alleging willful violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The panel held that the individual plaintiff had Article III standing to sue a website's operator under the Fair Credit Reporting Act for publishing inaccurate personal information about himself. The panel also held that law of the case did not limit the district court in its final order, and it was free to reconsider its own prior ruling on standing , where the district court had neither been divested of jurisdiction nor submitted this case to the jury. Question Presented: Whether Congress may confer Article III standing upon a plaintiff who suffers no concrete harm, and who therefore could not otherwise invoke the jurisdiction of a federal court, by authorizing a private right of action based on a bare violation of a federal statute. Thomas ROBINS, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situation Plaintiffs V. SPOKEO, INC., a California corporation Defendants United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Decided on February 4, 2014 [Excerpt; some citations and footnotes omitted] O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: We must decide whether an individual has Article III standing to sue a website's operator under the Fair Credit Reporting Act for publishing inaccurate personal information about himself. I Spokeo, Inc. operates a website that provides users with information about other individuals, including contact data, marital status, age, occupation, economic health, and wealth level. Thomas Robins sued Spokeo for willful violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), related to its website. Although he asserted that Spokeo's website contained false information about him, Robins's allegations of injury were sparse. 115

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