American University, GWU See Covid Tuition Lawsuits Revived

American University and George Washington University must once again face potential class action lawsuits accusing them of overcharging students and parents when they suspended in-person classes and other activities in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, the D.C. Circuit said Tuesday.

U.S. Supreme Court nominee Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was a member of the panel that heard the case, but she didn’t participate in the ruling.

In two separate lawsuits the plaintiffs alleged that the universities violated contractual commitments when they transitioned to online educational activities and declined to refund any portion of their tuition payments or fees. Each ...