SQUERI v. MOUNT IDA COLLEGE

No. 19-1624.

954 F.3d 56 (2020)

Tristan SQUERI, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; Madeline McClain, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; George O'Dea, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. MOUNT IDA COLLEGE; The Mount Ida College Board of Trustees; Carmin C. Reiss, individually and as a representative of Mount Ida College Board of Trustees; Barry Brown, individually and as a representative of Mount Ida College; Jeff Cutting, individually and as a representative of Mount Ida College; Ron Akie, individually and as a representative of Mount Ida College; Jason Potts, individually and as a representative of Mount Ida College, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

March 25, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua N. Garick , with whom Law Offices of Joshua N. Garick, P.C., Andra Hutchins , and Kerstein, Coren & Lichtenstein LLP were on brief, for Tristan Squeri, Madeline McClain, and George O'Dea.

Alice W. Yao and Daniel A. Zibel on brief for the National Student Legal Defense Network, amicus curiae.

Katherine D. Shea and Pyle Rome Ehrenberg PC on brief for SEIU Local 509 and SEIU Local 888, amici curiae.

Thomas R. Murphy and Law Offices of Thomas R. Murphy, LLC on brief for the Hildreth Institute, amicus curiae.

Jeremy Sternberg , with whom Paul G. Lannon, Jr. , John Monaghan , Christopher M. Iaquinto , and Holland & Knight LLP were on brief, for Mount Ida College, the Mount Ida College Board of Trustees, Carmin C. Reiss, Jeff Cutting, and Ron Akie.

Elizabeth E. Olien , with whom Howard M. Cooper and Todd & Weld LLP were on brief, for Barry Brown.

Tamsin R. Kaplan , with whom Emily P. Crowley and Davis, Malm & D'Agostine, P.C. were on brief, for Jason Potts.

Ben Robbins and Martin J. Newhouse on brief for the New England Legal Foundation, amicus curiae.

Before Lynch, Stahl, and Kayatta, Circuit Judges.


In May 2018, Mount Ida College, a higher education institution with its principal place of business in Foxborough, Massachusetts, and its campus in Newton, Massachusetts, permanently closed after six weeks' notice to its students that it was closing. Mount Ida students in good academic...

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