Legal Opinion
Lyons v. Salve Regina College
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided November 19, 1976No. Civ. A. 76-0390PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PETTINE, Chief Judgé.
In this action, plaintiff Sheila Lyons, a former nursing student at defendant Salve Regina College, seeks specific relief and damages for an alleged breach of contract. According to plaintiff, the defendant breached its contract by taking actions unauthorized by, and contrary to, the rules of the College. The parties are agreed that these rules, promulgated by the College and accepted for consideration by the plaintiff, constituted a contract. As a result of this alleged breach, plaintiff claims that she was improperly forced out of the Nursing Department,…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Horton v. Liberty Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Hamilton v. WosepkaSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Sheila M. Lyons v. Salve Regina College and Sheila M. Megley, ph.d., Individually and in Her Capacity as Dean of Students at Salve Regina CollegeCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
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- Hakkila v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1990
- Ferris v. General Dynamics Corp.District Court, D. Rhode Island · 1986
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