Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided July 27, 1981No. 80-1919PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
Although loans for educational purposes on attractive terms are easily obtainable and often irresistible, repayment may be difficult and inconvenient. It is the inconvenience that is the genesis of this litigation. Plaintiffs, individual low-income residents of western Pennsylvania who had obtained loans guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (“PHEAA” or “Agency”), sought to enjoin PHEAA from suing them in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on the loans in default. They contend that by bringing suit in a forum as much as 200…
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