Word: claime
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plaintiffs--who were both roommates and vice presidents of the Euro Club while at Harvard--decided to drop their suit after U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns ruled against their claim that the College did not have a right to suspend students who had completed all their graduation requirements...
...opinion, Stearns--who referred to the case as "somewhat unusual"--said the fundamental flaw in the plaintiffs' case was their claim that because they had completed their academic requirements, they were no longer really students subject to the College's rules...
...students had persisted with their challenge, the court would have proceeded to the second claim of the suit, which argued that the College's administrative board proceedings were so unjust that they exceeded the wide area of discretion the government usually gives to college disciplinary processes...
...plaintiffs had maintained their innocence all along, but the College had filed for preemptive "summary judgement" on the second claim, arguing that the administrative board had sufficient reason to believe the students had accepted money for work they had not performed...
...plaintiffs--who were both roommates and vice presidents of the Euro Club while at Harvard--decided to drop their suit after U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns ruled against their claim that the College did not have a right to suspend students who had completed all their graduation requirements...