Lin v. Pepperdine University
Appellant Liping Lin was a student at respondent Pepperdine University. Two intoxicated undergraduate students revealed to Pepperdine that there had been a party involving alcohol at the residence where Lin lived. Lin and his housemates were found responsible for violating a section of Pepperdine’s student conduct code that forbade students from hosting, promoting, or assisting any gathering involving underage drinking. Lin appealed through Pepperdine’s internal appeal process, and the findings were upheld. Lin then petitioned for a writ of administrative mandate in the superior court, and Pepperdine’s findings were again upheld. Lin appealed.
We affirm. Lin argues that Pepperdine’s findings are not supported by substantial evidence. In the light of the whole record, including Lin’s acknowledgment that he knew details about the party beforehand and promoted it on Facebook, and his housemates’ statements that all housemates contributed to certain aspects of the party,
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