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Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward  

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  • Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward (1819) stands out not only because it was the U.S. Supreme Court's first case dealing with a dispute involving education but also because it provided constitutional protections for private contracts, albeit in an educational context. At issue in Dartmouth was the validity of private contracts after the New Hampshire legislature sought to overturn agreements that the college's trustees had entered. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law and Higher Education; Trustees of Dartmouth College v. Woodward]

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