By Greg Stohr, Bloomberg News
A divided U.S. Supreme Court indicated it may put limits on consumer lawsuits, questioning arguments by a man seeking to sue over what he says is an error-riddled Internet profile.
Hearing arguments in Washington, members of the court’s conservative majority expressed doubt that the man had suffered the type of concrete injury necessary for federal courts to hear his claims against the company that assembled the online dossier.
“We have a legion of cases that say you have to have actual injury,” Chief Justice John Roberts said.
The court’s ruling next year will help determine ...
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