Legal Opinion
Daniel Hux v. Southern Methodist University
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 22, 2016No. 15-10654PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Daniel Hux, a former student at Southern Methodist University (“SMU”), appeals the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) dismissal of his Texas tort claim for alleged breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing. Because Texas law does not impose a duty of good faith and fair dealing in the student-university relationship, we affirm.
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Hux was an undergraduate student and community advisor (“CA”) 1 at SMU during the 2010-2011 academic year. 2 His troubles began in 2011, when he had a series of encounters with SMU staff members and an SMU student that…
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