Texas Wesleyan University School of Law graduates have lost a bid to force Texas A&M University School of Law—which acquired their alma mater in 2013—to grant them new diplomas with the A&M name.

U.S. District Judge John McBryde in the Northern District of Texas dismissed a proposed class action brought by Wesleyan law alumni and found that the plaintiffs failed to offer any evidence that Texas A&M had violated federal law by not issuing new diplomas and granting them benefits afforded to A&M alums after the law school's sale. McBryde also found that Texas A&M is protected from liability by sovereign immunity.

“Aside from mentioning in a conclusory fashion that they have been denied due process and equal protection, plaintiffs have not alleged any facts to support the allegations,” McBryde wrote in his Jan. 14 order. “They allege 'unequal and irrational treatment,' but admit that they are not in the same category as those they want to be treated like.”