Legal Opinion
Ambrose v. New England Ass'n of Schools & Colleges, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 8, 2001No. 00-2176PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SELYA, Circuit Judge.
Under the distinct impression that their post-secondary schooling, in the Dickensian phrase, left them with “a smattering of everything, and a knowledge of nothing,” Charles Dickens, Sketches by Boz (1839), seven erstwhile students brought suit against the organization that had accredited the college at which they had matriculated. Their complaint raises novel questions anent an accreditor’s tort liability to third persons. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the accreditor. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND
We recount the facts in the light most favorable to the…
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