1961) was a landmark 1961 U.S. federal court decision that spelled the end of the doctrine that colleges and universities could act in loco parentis to discipline or expel their students.

The case was appealed to the Fifth Circuit, which held that a public college could not expel students without at least minimal due process.

[1] The case was heard by a panel of John Minor Wisdom, Richard Rives, and Benjamin Franklin Cameron.

Thurgood Marshall, Fred Gray, Derrick Bell and Jack Greenberg were among the counsel for the appellants.

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