Legal Opinion
Rhode Island Higher Education Assistance Authority v. Secretary, U.S. Department of Education
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 5, 1991No. 90-2118PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
This appeal requires that we consider, for the first time, whether the 1987 amendments to the Higher Education Act of 1965 (the Act), codified as amended at 20 U.S.C. §§ 1071-1098 (1988), can be applied to alter preexisting contractual rights conferred by the Act. The United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island said that the amendments could not be so utilized. Rhode Island Higher Educ. Assistance Auth. v. Cavazos, 749 F.Supp. 414 (D.R.I.1990) (RIHEAA I). We disagree, thus aligning ourselves with several of our sister circuits. See, e.g., Great Lakes…
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