Hawaii Litigation Update: USOU

The State of Hawaii has settled the pending litigation against the United States Open University and Theron E. Dalton.

The settlement is documented by a Stipulated Judgment and Permanent Injunction which was filed with the First Circuit Court of the State of Hawaii on October 2, 2003.

Under the terms of the settlement, the defendants are enjoined from further operations of an unaccredited degree granting institution in, from or under the color of Hawaii law and are required to pay $5,000 for civil penalties, attorneys' fees and costs of investigation.

Anyone wishing to see an unfiled electronic version of the stipulated judgment may email requests to [email protected].

Jeffrey E. Brunton
Staff Attorney
Office of Consumer Protection
State of Hawaii

 

Theron E. Dalton is also known as Ted Dalton. He was also president of Newport University, and is still listed as such on some Websites:

http://www.newport.com.hk/htm/about/about.htm
http://www.geocities.com/kharal_2000/USAINF.HTML

The relationship between these Websites and the Newport University Website at http://www.newport.edu is unclear to me.

In 1997, Dr Bear reported a personal conversation with Dalton, and called Newport University apparently the only institution in the world with ISO certification.
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=3491736D.FC4%40degree.net

Dalton was the victim of some scammers in 1992, and had "retired" by 2001:
http://www.ocweekly.com/ink/02/10/cover-moxley.php

In 1999, Dr Bear reported: "Newport owner Theron Dalton sold some of his assets fairly recently, and I think both Westport University (Utah) and Newport Asia Pacific benefited (so to speak)."
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=john-1312990946490001%40prope14.ppp.lmi.net

 

Hey Jeff - what about these guys.

http://www.degreeinfo.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=10106&highlight=hawaii

You didn't think you were getting the weekend off.

 

We have litigation pending against AUH. I thought I posted a notice earlier. The case is in its early stage and is currently being transferred from the court in Honolulu to the court in Wailuku, Maui where AUH has its home office.

 

You probably did. I'm too lazy to look.

 

A grateful nation extends its thanks--again!