For a nine-year period, Kiyosi served as a teaching associate and lecturer at Indiana University, Bloomington. Meanwhile,

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For a nine-year period, Kiyosi served as a teaching associate and lecturer at Indiana University, Bloomington. Meanwhile, he continued to study and write to qualify for a Ph.D. degree. He relied on an oral promise by the defendant university that upon obtaining the degree, he would be appointed to a permanent position with perpetual renewals, starting at the rank of assistant professor. It was customary for the university to make such appointments for terms of three years. When Kiyosi received his Ph.D., he was appointed assistant professor. However, he was told that he would not be reappointed for the following year. He then sued for damages for breach of contract. The university officials claimed that the Statute of Frauds barred his action because a lifetime contract cannot be performed within one year. Who should win this case? (Kiyosi v. Trustees of Indiana University, 166 Ind. App. 34, 333 N.E.2d 886)

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