Robert D. Miller v. Hamline University School of Law, a Non Profit Organization

Plaintiff was expelled from the Hamline University School of Law and denied readmission for failure to make passing grades. He sued in both state and federal court initially seeking both damages and extraordinary relief, but eventually asking only that he be reinstated and allowed another chance to bring his grades up to required standards.

The United States District Court for the District of Minnesota 1 dismissed plaintiff’s federal suit on December 26, 1978, and plaintiff appeals, claiming Hamline University School of Law deprived him of his constitutional right of due process in dismissing…