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· 12/27/1994

Chicago School of Automatic Transmissions, Inc. v. Accreditation Alliance of Career Schools and Colleges

Citations

  • 44 F.3d 447
  • 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 36443
  • 1994 WL 715086

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • comparing a federal court sitting in diversity juris- diction to being “a ventriloquist’s dummy”
  • “If a grant of federal jurisdiction sometimes justifies creation of federal common law, a grant of exclusive federal jurisdiction necessarily implies the application of federal law.”
  • “Congress provided for exclusive federal jurisdiction of any suit by a school or college protesting the denial or withdrawal of accreditation by an accrediting agency or association approved by the Secretary of Education.”
  • when reviewing accrediting agency’s actions, court considers whether agency followed its own rules

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Judges: Reavley, Easterbrook, Manton

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