Morris v. Yale University School of Medicine

RULING ON DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [DOC. # 36]

ARTERTON, District Judge.

Plaintiff Darrell Morris, an African-American male and former medical student at the Yale University School of Medicine (“Yale” or “the School”), brought this action in connection with • his dismissal from Yale, asserting a claim under the Civil Rights Act of 1866, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (Count 1), and common law claims for breach of contract, negligent misrepresentation, breach of the covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and promissory es-toppel (Counts 2-5). In…