UNIV. OF MISS. MED. CENTER v. HUGHES

No. 1999-CA-01126-SCT.

765 So.2d 528 (2000)

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER, The State of Mississippi and Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning v. Christopher W. HUGHES and Eric Beasley.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

August 24, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Office of the Attorney General by Ed Davis Noble, Jr., Robert G. Jenkins, Charles T. Rubisoff, Attorneys for Appellants.

Michael L. Knapp, Marc E. Brand, Jackson, Attorneys for Appellees.

BEFORE PRATHER, C.J., SMITH AND DIAZ, JJ.


SMITH, Justice, for the Court:

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

¶ 1. Christopher W. Hughes and Eric Beasley, former medical students at the University of Mississippi Medical Center ("the University"), failed to pass Step One of the United States Medical Licensing Examination ("USMLE"). University guidelines state that if a student does not pass this examination in three attempts, the student will be dismissed from medical school. Pursuant to these guidelines...

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