Legal Opinion

Bissessur v. Indiana University Board of Trustees

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided September 11, 2009No. 08-3504PublishedCited by 431 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge.

Khem Bissessur was expelled from the Indiana University School of Optometry after receiving several sub-par grades and failing a clinical rotation. He alleges that he had a protected property interest in a continuing education at the University, which was established in an implied contract between the parties. It is the University’s violation of his entitlement to a continuing education, he asserts, that forms the basis for several constitutional claims against the University and its employees. His complaint, however, fails to identify any facts that give the…

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