SMYTH v. LUBBERS

No. G74-46-C.A.

398 F.Supp. 777 (1975)

Charles C. SMYTH and Greg Smith, Plaintiffs, v. Arend LUBBERS, President of Grand Valley State Colleges, individually and in his official capacity, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, W. D. Michigan, S. D.

June 27, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. David Soet, Grand Rapids, Mich., of counsel, Pinsky & Soet, Grand Rapids, Mich., William Burnham, G. R. Legal Aid Society, Grand Rapids, Mich., for plaintiffs.

Law, Weathers, Richardson & Dutcher, Grand Rapids, Mich., David E. Dutcher and Patrick W. Muldoon, Grand Rapids, Mich., of counsel, for defendants.


OPINION

FOX, Chief Judge.

The five original plaintiffs in this case were students at Grand Valley State Colleges in Allendale, Michigan [hereafter referred to as the College], during the 1973-74 academic year. All resided in dormitory rooms on campus. On January 30, 1974, College officials acting under color or authority of College regulations, searched each of the plaintiffs' rooms without warrants, and discovered substances alleged to be marijuana...

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