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American Express

Federal civil lawsuits naming American Express, a Credit & Lending Services company.

Public CompanyCredit & Lending Services
Ticker
NYSE: AXP
Business
Finance Services
Headquarters
New York, NY
Incorporated in
New York
SEC CIK
4962

American Express is a public company in Finance Services, based in New York, NY (traded on NYSE as AXP, incorporated in New York). It appears in 1,086 federal civil lawsuits in this index, most often as a defendant (963 of 1,086). These cases are most often Contract and Civil Rights matters, filed between 1990 and 2026, most frequently in District Court, S.D. New York. The most common causes of action are Fair Credit Reporting Act, Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and Patent Infringement. Frequent opposing parties include Smith, Brown, and Thomas.

1,086
Lawsuits
963
As Defendant
123
As Plaintiff
39
Open
1,047
Terminated
1990–2026
Span
7 mo
Median Duration
29 cases/yrNamed as defendant in 89% of casesRecent filings down

Cases by State

AL — 12 casesAZ — 38 casesAR — 3 casesCA — 155 casesCO — 11 casesCT — 14 casesDE — 7 casesDC — 5 casesFL — 156 casesGA — 28 casesID — 2 casesIL — 25 casesIN — 5 casesIA — 3 casesKS — 4 casesKY — 4 casesLA — 4 casesME — 2 casesMD — 21 casesMA — 14 casesMI — 9 casesMN — 14 casesMS — 13 casesMO — 6 casesMT — 1 casesNE — 6 casesNV — 14 casesNH — 1 casesNJ — 47 casesNM — 2 casesNY — 232 casesNC — 7 casesND — 0 casesOH — 23 casesOK — 3 casesOR — 3 casesPA — 36 casesRI — 1 casesSC — 24 casesSD — 0 casesTN — 8 casesTX — 73 casesUT — 10 casesVT — 0 casesVA — 16 casesWA — 9 casesWV — 4 casesWI — 3 casesWY — 0 cases
AK · 1HI · 2PR · 5

Open Cases Over Time

1990peak 36 open2026

Case Types Over Time

19902026
ContractCivil RightsRICO / Consumer / Other StatutesFederal Tax / Statutory ActionsLabor

Filings by Year

19902026

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Contract226
Civil Rights195
RICO / Consumer / Other Statutes167
Federal Tax / Statutory Actions143
Labor64
Personal Property / Fraud62

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Frequent Opposing Parties

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