BLATT V. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
5 Cal.App.3d 935, 85 Cal.Rptr. 601 (1970)
NATURE OF THE CASE: Blatt (P), law school graduate, appealed from an order which
dismissed P's complaint for injunctive and declaratory relief and that sought to compel P's
admission to the Order of the Coif, a national honorary legal society. P argued that his
compliant set forth a justiciable issue and that it sufficiently alleged a breach of
contract and promissory estoppel.
FACTS: Blatt (P) was a night law student at USC (D) who ranked within the top 10% of his
class but was denied membership in the Order of the Coif. In fact, P ranked 4 of 135. P
claims he relied upon representations from the Order that P would be eligible for election
to membership in the Order if he graduated in the top ten percent of his class. P alleges
that the Order elected 7 of 8 members to the Order who ranked below him in scholastic
achievement and that P was passed over because membership was subsequently restricted to
students who were eligible for the school's Law Review and those who completed and accepted
their assignments. P claims he was never advised of this policy for eligibility in the Law
Review and that the new policy of Order membership in the Law Review was only applicable to
day students and therefore he did not apply for or accept Law Review assignments. P sued for
injunctive and declaratory relief. The action was dismissed and P appealed.
ISSUE:
RULE OF LAW:
HOLDING AND DECISION:
LEGAL ANALYSIS:
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