Bloch v. Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School

Plaintiffs appeal from an order of the trial court granting summary judgment in favor of defendant Hillel Torah North Suburban Day School. Helen Bloch is a grade school child who was expelled from defendant, a private Jewish school, at mid-year in 1980. Her parents brought this action seeking to enjoin expulsion and for specific performance of defendant’s contract to educate Helen.

The complaint alleged that defendant arbitrarily and in bad faith breached its contract, and that Helen’s expulsion was motivated by defendant’s disapproval of plaintiffs’ leadership role in combatting an epidemic…