CLAYTON v. TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

Civ. A. No. 80-1611.

608 F.Supp. 413 (1985)

Robert CLAYTON, Plaintiff, v. TRUSTEES OF PRINCETON UNIVERSITY, a corporation of the State of New Jersey, Defendant.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

May 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Neil Mullin, Morton Stavis, Hoboken, N.J., for plaintiff.

William J. Brennan, III, Alexander P. Waugh, Jr., Smith, Stratton, Wise & Heher, Princeton, N.J., for defendant.


OPINION

HAROLD A. ACKERMAN, District Judge.

This case presents the difficult and delicate issue of what role a court of law should play in reviewing a university's student disciplinary proceeding. In this case, Robert Clayton, a very intelligent and able student, was suspended for a year from Princeton University following a determination by the student Honor Committee that he had cheated on March 6, 1979 while...

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