MacDONALD v. THOMAS M. COOLEY LAW SCHOOL

Nos. 12-2066, 12-2130.

724 F.3d 654 (2013)

John T. MacDONALD, Jr., Chelsea A. Pejic, Shawn Haff, Steven Baron, Dimple Kumar, Carrie Kalbfleisch, Anders Christensen, Danny Wakefield, Dan Guinn, Benjamin Forsgren, Shane Hobbs, and Kevin Prince, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. THOMAS M. COOLEY LAW SCHOOL, Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 30, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jesse Strauss , Strauss Law PLLC, New York, New York, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Michael P. Coakley , Miller Canfield , Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant ON BRIEF: Jesse Strauss , Strauss Law PLLC, New York, New York, for Appellant/Cross-Appellee. Michael P. Coakley , Brad H. Sysol , Paul D. Hudson , Miller Canfield , Paddock and Stone, P.L.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Appellee/Cross-Appellant.

Before: MARTIN and COOK, Circuit Judges; GRAHAM, District Judge.


OPINION

BOYCE F. MARTIN, JR., Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs, twelve graduates of the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, sued their alma mater in district court, alleging that the school disseminated false employment statistics which misled them into deciding to attend Cooley. The graduates relied on these statistics as assurances that they would obtain full-time attorney jobs after graduating. But the statistics...

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