United States First Circuit

The Secretary of Education has discretion to determine what state actions qualify as "legal authorization" for purposes of eligibility to Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 20 USC 1070 et seq.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/20/2000
• Published 12/20/2000

Judges

• LYNCH, Circuit Judge., Before LYNCH, Circuit Judge, LIPEZ, Circuit Judge, and GARCÍA-GREGORY, District Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Leslie H. Wiesenfelder, with whom José E. DeLa Cruz Skerrett, Michael B. Goldstein, and Sherry A. Mastrostefano, and Dow, Lohnes & Albertson were on brief, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sarah L. Wanner, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Education, with whom Guillermo Gil, U.S. Attorney, and Lisa E. Bhatia Gautier, Assistant U.S. Attorney, were on brief, for defendant-appellee.