Urso v. Bradley University

Plaintiff filed a complaint for breach of contract after the defendant university prohibited the plaintiff from continuing in its nursing program. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendant and plaintiff appealed. Plaintiff argued on appeal that there was no genuine issue of material fact that her removal from the nursing program was arbitrary, capricious, and in bad faith. The appellate court affirmed, finding that the alleged violations of the student handbook or the student grievance procedure did not amount to conduct that was arbitrary, capricious, or in bad faith but that the defendant instead exercised its academic judgment. (TURNER and CAVANAGH, concurring)