United States Fourth Circuit

In a dispute between two lenders of student loans, the district court erred in ruling that plaintiff's state law breach of contract claims were preempted by the Higher Education Act.

Appellate Information

• Decided 01/31/2005
• Published 01/31/2005

Judges

• Before WIDENER, KING, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fourth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• ARGUED:Steven John Routh, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellant.  Joseph Paul Esposito, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Washington, D.C., for Appellees. ON BRIEF:  Mark J. Brenner, College Loan Corporation, San Diego, California;  Saul Moskowitz, Moskowitz & Austin, L.L.C., Silver Spring, Maryland;  Viet D. Dinh, Bancroft Associates, P.L.L.C., Washington, D.C.;  H. Christopher Bartolomucci, Lorane F. Hebert, Chanel A. Reedy, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.;  Emily M. Yinger, James K. Trefil, James S. Rixse, Hogan & Hartson, L.L.P., McLean, Virginia, for Appellant.  Robert S. Lavet, Deputy General, Sallie Mae, Inc., Reston, Virginia;  Larry E. Tanenbaum, Matthew A. Rossi, Nicolas Jafarieh, Timothy J. Stockwell, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., Washington, D.C.;  William E. Potts, Jr., Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P., McLean, Virginia, for Appellees.