National Collegiate Athletic Assn. v. Yeo

in which Chief Justice JEFFERSON, Justice O’NEILL, Justice WAINWRIGHT, Justice BRISTER, Justice MEDINA, Justice GREEN and Justice JOHNSON joined.

Construing the Texas Constitution’s guarantee of due course of law, 1 we held twenty years ago in Spring Branch I.S.D. v. Stamos, like “the overwhelming majority of jurisdictions” construing other constitutional guarantees of due process, that “students do not possess a constitutionally protected interest in their participation in extracurricular activities.” 2 We have endorsed the rule in Stamos twice since. 3 Respondent nevertheless contends that…