But Lipton said the state courts have exercised judicial caution.
"No Massachusetts appellate court has squarely said that the relationship between the student and the university is a contract," he said. "They are holding open the possibility that this relationship is not contractual in nature."
Alan C. Kors, a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania, said the implications of the case would lead to a further watering down of university statutes.
"Universities will seek to revise these student handbooks to make them even more ambiguous," he said.
He said he worries that such allowances give universities the potential to abuse their disciplinary power without legal repercussions.
The decision also has potential significance concerning future cases in which students feel they have been unfairly disciplined by their university.
Alan D. Rose '67, attorney for Brandeis University, said he felt the courts would not try to overrule the mandate of universities.
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