Legal Opinion
Armstrong v. Accrediting Council for Continuing Education & Training, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided March 23, 1999No. 97-5316PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge TATEL.
Concurring statement filed by Circuit Judge HENDERSON.
TATEL, Circuit Judge:
In this case, we must decide whether appellant, a student who attended a for-profit vocational school with help from a federally guaranteed student loan, may assert the school’s alleged fraud and failure to provide the education it promised as a defense against the lender’s effort to collect the loan. Although federal student loan policy now recognizes school misconduct defenses against lenders who have “referral relationships” with for-profit schools, appellant…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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