Research Guides : Term Paper Mills: Cases

Connecticut

• State v. Papers, Inc. (Hartford County Sup. Ct., Conn. Dec. 8, 1972).

Macellari v. Carroll, Case No. 05-4161-JPG (S.D. Ill. 2005)
Complaint attached. Settlement reached in January 2006.
Weidner v. Carroll, Case No. 06-782-DRH
Memorandum and Order for Permanent Injunction.

Trustees of Boston University v. ASM Comms., Inc., 33 F.Supp. 2d 66, 69-70 (D. Mass. 1998).
United States v. International Term Papers, Inc., 351 F.Supp. 76, 77 (D.Mass.1972), vacated on other grounds, 477 F.2d 1277 (1st Cir.1973)
Federal civil mail fraud statute, 39 U.S.C. § 3005, did not authorize injunctive relief against a term paper provider, where the persons communicated with were not those intended to be defrauded.
United States v. International Term Papers, Inc., 477 F.2d 1277 (1st Cir.1973)
On appeal, the First Circuit Court of Appeals held that the civil mail fraud statute, 39 U.S.C. § 3005, allows injunctive relief against one who knowingly sends materials to a person who intends to deceive a third party with those materials. The fraudulent transaction need not itself be illegal to permit a postal injunction.

• Trustees of Boston University v. Champion Research Corp., Equity No. 96114 (Super. Ct., Suffolk County, Mass., filed Oct. 19, 1972).

• Trustees of Boston Univ. v. Scherer, No. 27748 (Mass. Sup.Ct. Apr. 14, 1981).

• Kelley v. Write-On, Inc., No. 7476 (Cir. Ct., Washtenaw County, Mich., filed Feb. 23, 1973).

State v. Saksniit, 69 Misc. 554, 332 N.Y.S.2d 343 (Sup. Ct. 1972)
Attorney General granted preliminary injunction against fraudulent actions of term paper company. Predates N.Y. Educ. Law § 213-b.
State v. Magee, 102 Misc. 2d 345, 423 N.Y.S. 2d 417 (Sup. Ct. 1979)
Attorney General granted permanent injunction against term paper company based on N.Y. Educ. Law § 213-b. First Amendment claim rejected.
Minuteman Research, Inc. v. Lefkowitz, 69 Misc.2d 330, 329 N.Y.S.2d 969 (Sup. Ct.. 1972)
Where Attorney General conducted investigation in good faith, based on adequate grounds, N.Y. Executive Law § 63(12) permitted issuance of subpoena duces tecum to term paper provider for most of its books and records.

• Board of Trustees of the Ohio St. Univ. v. Term Papers Unlimited, No. 72CV-03-1010 (C.P. Franklin County, Ohio, 1972).

• Bruce Inksetter, No. 997 (Wis. Dept. of Agriculture) (1972).