CBCA 8119
Board: CBCA
Agency: Department of Education
Appellant: Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority
Date: 2025-07-23
Outcome: dismissed
DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION AS MOOT: July 23, 2025
CBCA 8119
MISSOURI HIGHER EDUCATION LOAN AUTHORITY,
Appellant,
v.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION,
Respondent.
Scott F. Lane of Thompson Coburn LLP, St. Louis, MO; and Jayna M. Rust of
Thompson Coburn LLP, Washington, DC, counsel for Appellant.
Candice Jackson and Tim Rushenberg, Office of the General Counsel, Department
of Education, Washington, DC, counsel for Respondent.
Before Board Judges LESTER, GOODMAN, and SULLIVAN.
SULLIVAN, Board Judge.
By joint motion filed July 21, 2025, the parties seek dismissal of the appeal because
the contracting officer for the Department of Education has withdrawn the decision that
Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority appealed. Because the withdrawal of the
decision in which the Government asserted a claim resolves the dispute, “there is nothing left
for the Board to decide, and dismissal of the appeal as moot is appropriate.” Avue
Technologies Corp. v. Agency for Global Media, CBCA 6752, et al., 20-1 BCA ¶ 37,639, at
182,755.
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This appeal is DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION AS MOOT.
Marian E. Sullivan
MARIAN E. SULLIVAN
Board Judge
We concur:
Harold D. Lester, Jr. Allan H. Goodman
HAROLD D. LESTER, JR. ALLAN H. GOODMAN
Board Judge Board Judge