Legal Opinion
St. John Dixon v. Alabama State Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 4, 1961No. 18641PublishedCited by 481 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
The question presented by the pleadings and evidence,1 and decisive of this appeal, is whether due process requires notice and some opportunity for hearing before students at a tax-supported college are expelled for misconduct. We answer that question in the affirmative.
The misconduct for which the students were expelled has never been definitely specified. Defendant Trenholm, the President of the College, testified that he did not know why the plaintiffs and three additional students were expelled and twenty other students were placed on probation. The notice of…
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