Legal Opinion

Meyer v. Community College of Beaver County

Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 11, 2009No. 1383 C.D. 2008PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

Judge SIMPSON.

In this interlocutory appeal by permission, we consider the extent to which a community college, a local agency, may be liable under the Unfair Trade Practices and Consumer Protection Law (CPL)1 for statutory damages, including possible treble damages.

In particular, the Community College of Beaver County (the College) appeals an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Beaver County (trial court) denying its motion for partial summary judgment. A group of former students (Plaintiffs)2 en*407rolled in the College’s police technology program (the Academy) during the 2001-02…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Yocca v. Pittsburgh Steelers Sports, Inc.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2004
  2. Feingold v. Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation AuthoritySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  3. Thorsen v. Iron and Glass BankSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
  4. Gabriel v. O'HARASupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  5. Schwartz v. RockeySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Meyer v. Community College of Beaver CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Meyer v. Community College of Beaver CountySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2010
  3. Harleysville Homestead, Inc. v. Lower Salford Township AuthorityCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
  4. Meyer v. Community College of Beaver CountyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  5. Barr v. Community College of Beaver CountyCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania · 2009

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