Justices Doubt Government Is Immune From Credit Error Suits

A majority of US Supreme Court justices seemed skeptical of the federal government’s claim that it can’t be sued for failing to correct inaccurate information that appears on consumer credit reports.

During oral arguments on Monday, Justices Neil Gorsuch and Clarence Thomas joined the court’s liberal wing in focusing on how Congress defined “persons” who are subject to the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) to include the government.

Gorsuch said this is where he “gets stuck.”

It doesn’t seem inconceivable that a rational Congress might, to protect consumers in FCRA, “say that the government should turn square corners too just ...