Legal Opinion
Ascot Dinner Theatre, Ltd. v. Small Business Administration
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided October 5, 1989No. Nos. 86-1061, 86-1117PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLLOWAY, Chief Judge.
The Small Business Administration (SBA) and its Administrator appeal a judgment awarding damages to the Ascot Dinner Theatre (Ascot),1 an applicant denied a *1026loan guaranty by the SBA. The district court held unconstitutional as applied here the SBA’s “opinion molder rule,” a regulation which disqualified certain businesses engaged in the formation, expression and distribution of ideas from receiving SBA loan guarantees. The court awarded $59,-086.25 as damages arising from the unconstitutional denial of the Ascot application. Mission Trace Investments, Ltd. v. Small…
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