def METHOD_NAME(self):
    payload = {'title': 'Identification of the Microbiomes for Cannabis '
                        'Soils',
               'study_abstract': 'stuff',
               'study_description': 'asdasd',
               'owner': 'admin@foo.bar',
               'study_alias': 'blah',
               'notes': '',
               'contacts': {'principal_investigator': [u'PIDude',
                                                       u'PI_dude@foo.bar'],
                            'lab_person': [u'LabDude',
                                           u'lab_dude@foo.bar']}}
    response = self.post('/api/v1/study', data=payload, asjson=True,
                         headers=self.headers)
    self.assertEqual(response.code, 409)
    obs = json_decode(response.body)
    self.assertEqual(obs,
                     {'message': 'Study title already exists'})