UNITED STATES v. BELLARD

No. 80-3872.

674 F.2d 330 (1982)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Warren J. BELLARD, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leven H. Harris, Asst. U. S. Atty., Shreveport, La., Harold Jenkins, Asst. Gen. Counsel for Postsecondary Ed., U. S. Dept. of Ed., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Edwards, Stefanski & Barousse, Jim Cunningham, Crowley, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before COLEMAN, REAVLEY, and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.


SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

The district court ruled that the United States is without a common-law right to indemnification from student borrowers who default on loans guaranteed under the Federal Insured Student Loan Program, Tit. IV-B of the Higher Education Act of 1965, 20 U.S.C. § 1071 et seq. Neither the statutory provision relied on by the district court nor the program's legislative history discloses a congressional intention to deny to the...

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