Gordon College v. Small Business Administration

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GORDON COLLEGE, Plaintiff, Civil Action No. 23-614 (BAH) v. Judge Beryl A. Howell UNITED STATES SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION et al., Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION In March 2020, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress enacted the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act,

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Stat. 281 (2020), which established, in Section 1102, the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”), see CARES Act § 1102 (codified at 15 U.S.C. § 636(a)(36)). To help “alleviate the pandemic’s substantial economic effects…