Legal Opinion
Robin Akins v. Board of Governors of State Colleges and Universities, Defendants
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 11, 1988No. 87-1961PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
Robin Akins and nine other former nursing students 1 at the Chicago State Univer sity College of Nursing appeal the district court’s decision to dismiss their complaint in its entirety. The appellants filed a two-count complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. In count I of the complaint, the appellants alleged that the appellees, the Board of Governors and several Chicago State University officials, violated their substantive due process rights by terminating their nursing school education pursuant to an arbitrary and…
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