Stan sends for a law school catalog from ivory towers university. according to the catalog, the law school applications are evaluated on the basis of undergraduate grades, standardized test scores, and references. stan, who is a straight-a student, has high test scores and excellent references, applies and pays the $100 application fee. his application is rejected. later he finds out that others with low grades and test scores were accepted based on their family connections and donations made to the university. if stan followed all of the guidelines in the college catalog and paid the required application fee, then according to the court in steinberg v. chicago medical school:

The answer to this question, based on the precedent set by Steinberg v. Chicago Medical School is that there is a valid contract; the school bound itself to honor the obligations set forth in the college catalog.

The Steinberg v. Chicago Medical School case occurred in 1973, when Robert Steinberg applied for admission at Chicago Medical School only to be rejected and Steinberg filed a class action claiming that the school did not evaluate his application according to the academic entrance criteria printed in the school's bulletin - Steinberg claimed that the decision to admit the student is based on nonacademic criteria. The court ruled that Steinberg deserves to have his application judged according to the school's stated criteria.