Ross v. Creighton University

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• same policies which forbid the tort also forbid cause of action based upon breach of contract theory
• no general jurisdiction even assuming college employed full-time recruiter in forum state to encourage residents to attend and supported recruitment effort with direct-mail to prospective students in forum state
• no general jurisdiction despite fact that significant number of forum residents attended out-of-state school
• court exercised specific personal jurisdiction under the “transaction of business” provision of the Illinois long-arm statute in large part because Creighton representatives “came into Illinois on four occasions to discuss” the plaintiff-athlete’s enrollment

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