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Pa. Higher Educ. Assistance Agency v. United States ex rel. Oberg

Supreme Court of the United States
Jan 9, 2017
137 S. Ct. 617 (2017)

Summary

concluding that "the extend of [the defendant's] corporate wealth and its ability to fund a judgment through its own resources . . . were the critical facts on which [the previous Fourth Circuit] functional-liability decision was grounded" and therefore that decision "established that [the defendant's] access to its substantial corporate wealth was relevant to the functional-liability question, and that determination [was] a legal ruling that remain[ed] applicable in th[e] [second] appeal"

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Opinion

No. 15–1045.

01-09-2017

PENNSYLVANIA HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AGENCY, petitioner, v. UNITED STATES, ex rel. Jon H. OBERG.


Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.


Summaries of

Pa. Higher Educ. Assistance Agency v. United States ex rel. Oberg

Supreme Court of the United States
Jan 9, 2017
137 S. Ct. 617 (2017)

concluding that "the extend of [the defendant's] corporate wealth and its ability to fund a judgment through its own resources . . . were the critical facts on which [the previous Fourth Circuit] functional-liability decision was grounded" and therefore that decision "established that [the defendant's] access to its substantial corporate wealth was relevant to the functional-liability question, and that determination [was] a legal ruling that remain[ed] applicable in th[e] [second] appeal"

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Case details for

Pa. Higher Educ. Assistance Agency v. United States ex rel. Oberg

Case Details

Full title:PENNSYLVANIA HIGHER EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AGENCY, petitioner, v. UNITED…

Court:Supreme Court of the United States

Date published: Jan 9, 2017

Citations

137 S. Ct. 617 (2017)
196 L. Ed. 2d 513

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