Andersen v. Regents of the University of California

Opinion

BRAY, J. *

Plaintiff appeals from an amended judgment in favor of defendants.

Questions Presented

1. Does enrollment in the university constitute a contract?

2. Was plaintiff denied procedural due process?

Record

Plaintiff filed a complaint in the Alameda County Superior Court against defendants, alleging, in effect, that by accepting him as an undergraduate student at the Berkeley campus of the University of California, a contract was created to keep him enrolled until graduation, and that defendants breached that contract by wrongfully and arbitrarily dismissing plaintiff from the…