ROCKLAND INSTITUTE, DIV. OF AMISTAD VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS, INC. v. Ass'n of Independent Colleges and Schools

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

This action was filed following the decision of Defendant Association of Independent Colleges and Schools (hereinafter Association) in which it stated it intended to withdraw accreditation of Plaintiff Rock-land Institute (hereinafter Rockland). The Association’s principal activity is the accreditation of private junior and senior colleges of business and private business schools which are predominantly organized to train students for business careers.

Defendant Dana R. Hart, Executive Secretary of the Association, was previously dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction.

Defendant Association moved for summary judgment which motion came on regularly for hearing and was thereafter submitted for decision. The Court has heretofore announced it would render judgment on behalf of Defendant Association.

Plaintiffs herein include Rockland, a California business school, and three individuals associated with Rockland, suing on their own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated. They allege in their complaint that the withdrawal of Rock-land’s accreditation by the Association would result in an immediate termination of Federal assistance, in the…