United States First Circuit

Because defendant accredits colleges based on evaluation of the institution as a whole, plaintiffs cannot rely on failures within one single program to show that accreditation statements were false or misleading.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/08/2001
• Published 06/08/2001

Judges

• SELYA, Circuit Judge., Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

Court

• United States First Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ralph A. Dyer, with whom Law Offices of Ralph A. Dyer, P.A., was on brief, for appellants., Martin Michaelson, Alexander E. Dreier, and Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. on brief for Council for Higher Education Accreditation and American Council on Education, amici curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Margaret Coughlin LePage, with whom Ann L. Rudisill and Pierce Atwood were on brief, for appellee.