Lee Pele v. Pennsylvania Higher Education

  1. February 26, 2016

    Pa. Loan Agency Tells High Court It's 'Inherently Sovereign'

    Pennsylvania's state student loan agency wants the U.S. Supreme Court to rule it has government immunity from False Claims Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act claims, insisting in recent petitions that the Fourth Circuit was wrong to find it's not an arm of the state.

  2. November 18, 2015

    4th Circ. Refuses En Banc Hearing In Student Loan Suits

    The Fourth Circuit declined the Pennsylvania state student loan agency's request for the full court to consider whether it has governmental immunity Tuesday in two cases accusing the agency of sending out inaccurate default reports and profiting from inflated interest rate subsidies.

  3. November 05, 2015

    4th Circ. Asked To Rethink Immunity For Student Loan Agency

    Pennsylvania's Higher Education Assistance Agency asked the Fourth Circuit to allow it to take another crack at defending its immunity as a state agency after a three-judge panel "missed the forest for the trees" when it opened up the agency to False Claims Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act suits last month.

  4. October 21, 2015

    4th Circ. Voids State Immunity For Student Loan Agency

    A Fourth Circuit panel Wednesday again scratched government immunity protection from the Pennsylvania state student loan body accused of inaccurate loan default reports and inflating interest rate subsidies for itself, finding the agency operates wholly separately from the state.

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