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.

it is a part of john locke's natural rights popular during the age of enlightenment that people had inalienable rights to life, liberty and property. this was reflected by thomas jefferson in his declaration of independence as rights to life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

another line in the declaration of independence is that people have certain rights just because they are human. humans are capable of obeying the three natural rights john locke mentioned making them governable by these laws and therefore entitled to these rights as well.