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CHEVES v. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY

5937, 116036/09

89 A.D.3d 463 (2011)

931 N.Y.S.2d 877

2011 NY Slip Op 7731

GERALD I. CHEVES, Appellant, v. THE TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Sued Herein as COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY, Respondent.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, First Department.

Decided November 3, 2011.

Dismissal of the breach of contract cause of action was proper. "The rights and obligations of the parties, as contained in the university's bulletins, bec[o]me a part of the parties' contract," but "only specific promises set forth in a school's bulletins, circulars, and handbooks, which are material to the student's relationship with the school, can establish the existence of an implied contract" (Keefe v New York Law School, 71 A.D.3d 569

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