Papachristou v. University of Tennessee

OPINION

BEN H. CANTRELL, Presiding Judge, M.S.

The Chancellor of the University of Tennessee suspended the appellee indefinitely for violating the College of Law honor code. The Chancery Court of Davidson County reversed the suspension because of insufficient material evidence. For the reasons stated below, we reverse the trial court’s ruling.

I

In the fall of 1997, the appellee was a first year law student at the University of Tennessee College of Law. In December of 1997, the appellee attended his first law school exam. A cover sheet included the instructions for the exam and a brief statement…