University of Texas Medical School at Houston v. Than

in which all Justices join.

This case concerns the procedural due process, if any, that must be afforded to a graduate student who is dismissed from a state university. The trial court found that the student’s due course of law rights had been violated and granted the student a permanent injunction. The court of appeals affirmed. 874 S.W.2d 839. For the reasons expressed below, we affirm the permanent injunction as modified.

Allan Than, a medical student at the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, was dismissed for academic dishonesty. As a third year student, Than took the National…