MASS. SCHOOL OF LAW AT ANDOVER v. AMERICAN BAR ASS'N

No. 97-1926.

142 F.3d 26 (1998)

MASSACHUSETTS SCHOOL OF LAW AT ANDOVER, INC., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION, et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 24, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael L. Coyne, with whom Peter M. Malaguti was on brief, for appellant.

Joseph L. Kociubes, with whom Peter J. Mancusi, Bingham, Dana LLP, David T. Pritikin, David R. Stewart, Sidley & Austin, Darryl L. DePriest, and Catherine A. Daubard were on brief, for appellees American Bar Association and affiliated individuals.

Vincent M. Amoroso, with whom Peabody & Arnold, Robert A. Burgoyne, and Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. were on brief, for appellee Association of American Law Schools.

James R. DeGiacomo, with whom Judith K. Wyman and Roche, Carens & DeGiacomo, P.C. were on brief, for appellee New England School of Law.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge, and BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.


SELYA, Circuit Judge.

The lawsuit that undergirds this appeal pits a fledgling law school, built on a foundation of unconventional premises, against the legal establishment. The gargantuan record, capable of inducing tapephobia in even the hardiest appellate panel, is forbidding, but sheer bulk rarely is an accurate proxy for complexity. Having scaled the mountain of papers and obtained a clear view of the legal landscape, we conclude that the lower court correctly...

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