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9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

May 15, 2019

Affordable housing tenant beats landlord’s screening company at 9th Circuit

A California tenant applicant has won a long-running federal appeal over consumer reporting limitations, setting new case law on when companies may tell landlords about the dismissal of criminal charges against potential renters.

Affordable housing tenant beats landlord’s screening company at 9th Circuit
Judge Milan D. Smith Jr.

A California tenant applicant has won a long-running federal appeal over consumer reporting limitations, setting new case law on when companies may tell landlords about the dismissal of criminal charges against potential renters.

The ruling, published Tuesday by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, involves Gabriel F. Moran, a Los Angeles resident who claimed his 2010 application for an apartment in an affordable housing complex w...

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