International Technological University Foundation v. WASC Senior College and University Commission
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 INTERNATIONAL TECHNOLOGICAL Case No. 22-cv-04576-BLF
UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION,
8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER v. [Re: ECF No. 70]
WASC SENIOR COLLEGE AND
UNIVERSITY COMMISSION, et al.,
Defendants.
13 Plaintiff International Technological University Foundation (“ITU”) brings this action against its accrediting body, another university, and two former employees, asserting a range of claims. Relevant to the present motion, ITU asserts that its accrediting body, WASC Senior College and University Commission (“WSCUC”), breached contracts with ITU when it conditioned accreditation upon ITU installing Greg O’Brien, a friend of WSCUC’s Executive Vice President, into a leadership position at ITU and placed ITU in “show cause” status regarding possible termination of its accreditation in retaliation for ITU’s board ousting O’Brien in…