Legal Opinion

Wright v. Capella Univ., Inc.

District Court, D. Maine

Decided May 6, 2019No. Case No. 18-cv-1062 (WMW/SER)PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Wilhelmina M. Wright, United States District Judge

This matter is before the Court on Defendants' motion to dismiss Plaintiffs' amended complaint for failure to state a claim on which relief can be granted. (Dkt. 38.) For the reasons addressed below, the motion is granted in part and denied in part.

BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs are current and former doctoral students of Capella University that hail from Alabama, Florida, Kansas, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Tennessee. Defendants are Capella Education Company and its wholly-owned subsidiary, Capella University, Inc. (collectively,…

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