Gary Krasnow v. The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State of Virginia, as Represented By, A. H. Krebs, Acting Vice-President

The plaintiffs, Gary Krasnow, Gregory Brown, Hunter Lee Barnes and Gregory Joseph Courles filed a class action under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1331,1343, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 and other sections seeking an injunction against Virginia Polytechnic’s rule against the unlawful use or possession of drugs by students whether or not on university property and its rule against actions by students leading to the conviction of criminal offenses. Their complaint alleges in substance that those rules violate the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment because the interest of the university as an educational…