Schoppelrei v. Franklin University

Four young men joined as parties plaintiff in an action against Franklin University, a corporation not for profit, at which institution they had all been students between the fall semester of 1961 and the spring semester of 1963. They allege a change in the general regulations of the university effective on or about September 9,1964, establishing a new standard of scholarship and designed to control achievement through probation and dismissal. They maintain that the new rule was applied retroactively to them resulting in dismissal from classes. Plaintiffs urge that the method used by the…