Smith v. University of Detroit

Per Curiam;.

Plaintiffs appeal as of right from an involuntary dismissal pursuant to GCR 1963, 504.2 of their discrimination action brought under the Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act, MCL 37.2101 *471et seq.; MSA 3.548(101) et seq. Defendant cross-appeals as of right.

Plaintiffs are black and former students at the University of Detroit Law School. The U of D refused to permit plaintiffs to register for classes beginning the 1983 fall term because plaintiffs’ grade-point averages fell below 2.0, out of a maximum 4.0 average. On August 23, 1983, plaintiffs filed this class action asking the circuit…