Paul v. Howard University

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing that there must be a contract to “provide a basis for the covenant” of good faith and fair dealing
• noting that civil conspiracy is only a means for establishing vicarious liability for an underlying unlawful act
• explaining that a party breaches the duty of good faith and fair dealing by “evad[ing] the spirit of the contract, willfully render[ing] imperfect performance or “interfer[ing] with the performance by the other party”
• dismissing implied-covenant count where plaintiff advanced “conclusory allegation” that University’s actions caused her to “relinquish equal employment opportunities”
• finding allegations that plaintiff’s employer “wrongfully denied her tenure, reassigned her students and grants, requested that she vacate her office . . . , and otherwise discriminated against her” to be inadequate
• describing a similar line of argument as “plainly incorrect” and noting that the District does indeed “recognize a cause of action for breach of an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).