DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA v. AMERICAN UNIVERSITY

Nos. 08-CV-1625, 08-CV-1626.

2 A.3d 175 (2010)

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA and the American University in Dubai, Appellants, v. The AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided August 12, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James C. McKay, Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General, with whom Peter J. Nickles, Attorney General for the District of Columbia, Todd S. Kim, Solicitor General, and Donna M. Murasky, Deputy Solicitor General, were on the brief, for appellant the District of Columbia.

Frederick D. Cooke, Jr., with whom Leslie H. Wiesenfelder, Washington, DC, was on the brief, for appellant The American University in Dubai.

Christopher T. Handman, with whom William D. Nussbaum and Liana G.T. Wolf, Washington, DC, were on the brief, for appellee.

Before GLICKMAN, THOMPSON, and OBERLY, Associate Judges.


PER CURIAM:

This litigation represents the continuation of an effort by appellee American University ("AU") to stop appellant American University in Dubai ("AUD") from holding a license from the District of Columbia Educational Licensure Commission ("the Commission") while AUD continues to have the word "American" in its name. The underpinning for the litigation is D.C.Code § 29-618 (Supp.2009), which generally prohibits an educational institution that is organized...

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