Supreme Court Limits Consumer Suits in Win for TransUnion
- Justices find most of the 8,000 people lacked right to sue
- Credit-reporting firm had named people on terror watch-list
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The U.S. Supreme Court put new limits on consumer lawsuits, backing TransUnion in its fight against a $40 million award to thousands of people whom the credit-reporting firm categorized as potential terrorists.
The justices, voting 5-4, said most of the 8,000 people in the class action case lacked the legal right to sue.