[Kevin]

I'd assume that the court would only really get involved if say a brother who consented to be branded along with a few of his pledge brothers developed an infection due to the brand and lost a limb (something extreme like that). He would certainly have a good case against his group. Please try to make the case that in a situation where your pledge class chooses to brand themselves that there's no peer pressure. I need a good laugh.

You may not regret it. It may have been purely consentual. The definition of hazing for most of our groups does not care abut either of those things.