Legal Opinion
Sec. Univ. v. Acosta
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 10, 2018No. Case No. 1:16–cv–01469 (TNM)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TREVOR N. MCFADDEN, United States District Judge
The resolution of this case depends on the meaning of the word "is." The Plaintiff, Security University (the "University"), which trains information technology and cybersecurity professionals, obtained a grant from the Department of Labor. The Defendants, officials for the Department of Labor and the Department itself (collectively, "DOL"), terminated the grant after the University lost its accreditation. The DOL asserted that to be eligible for the grant, the University must be an institution of higher education that "is accredited" throughout…
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