Karmanos v. Baker

KRUPANSKY, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs-appellants Peter Karmanos, Jr. (Karmanos, Jr.), Peter Karmanos III (Karmanos III), and Compuware Hockey Club (Compuware) appealed from a final order of the district court dismissing this action initiated pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983.

Karmanos III is the son of Karma-nos, Jr. In August of 1984, Karmanos III enrolled as a student at the University of Michigan (U of M). Shortly thereafter, he endeavored to qualify for U of M’s intercollegiate hockey team, but was declared to be ineligible to participate in intercollegiate ice hockey by the eligibility committee…