Cranney v. Trustees of Boston University

WYZANSKI, District Judge,

(opinion dictated from bench).

This case comes before me upon written and oral motions made on behalf of all defendants to dismiss the plaintiffs’ complaint on the ground that it does not state a cause of action within the jurisdiction of the United States District Court. I shall dispose of the case by extemporaneous opinion from the bench.

On January 4th, plaintiff, Mrs. Mary Frances Keefe Cranney, a citizen of Massachusetts, filed a complaint, which covers eight pages of long legal paper, most of which carries typing single-spaced. Before saying anything else, it is…