Columbia Plaza Assocs. v. Ne. Univ.

This case arises from a series of agreements between Columbia Plaza Associates (CPA) and Northeastern University (university) related to the development of land near the university's campus.

In 2013, CPA filed a verified complaint in Superior Court alleging seven causes of action. In 2014, a judge of the Superior Court (first judge) allowed the university's Mass.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(6), 365 Mass. 754 (1974), motion to dismiss CPA's claims alleging breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and a claim to enforce the contract in equity. In 2015, a different…