Eleventh Circuit Upholds FCRA's Statutory Damages Provision Against Constitutional Challenge

Today, in Harris, et al. v. Mexican Speciality Foods, et al., No. 08-13510 (11th Cir. Apr. 9, 2009), the Eleventh Circuit rejected a facial vagueness and excessiveness/due process challenge to the statutory damages provision of the Fair Credit Reporting Act. The district court had held the provision facially unconstitutional on both grounds. CL&P blogger Deepak Gupta briefed and argued this case for the victorious plaintiffs.