119 F. Supp. 2d 90 - Johnson v. Schmitz’s Empirical Analysis

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5 district · 3 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 9 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. “[t]he basic legal relation between a student and a private university or college is contractual in nature. There seems to be no dissent from the proposition that the catalogues, bulletins, circulars, and regulations of the institution determine the contractual relationship between the student and the educational institution .... Because a student bases his or her decision to attend a college or university, in significant part, on the documents received concerning core matters, such as faculty, curriculum, requirements, costs, facilities and special programs, application of contract principles based on these documents and other express or implied promises, consistent with the limitations expressed in Gupta ... appears sound.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 738 F. Supp. 2d 307 - Bass Ex Rel. Bass v. Miss Porter's School

2. “In making this determination, a court may consider (1) the context and circumstances (2) the language used, and (3) whether the statement is objectively capable of being proved true or false.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. CSL Silicones, Inc. v. Midsun Grp. Inc.

3. “safeguard students from academic misconduct, to investigate and deal with charges of academic misconduct, and to address charges of academic misconduct in accordance with its own procedures”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Ruegsegger v. WESTERN NM UNIVERSITY