With respect to the last sentence of paragraph 8 of the Complaint, defendants state that the Complaint inaccurately describes the University of Michigan's admissions process, and therefore that no response is required. To the extent that a response is deemed necessary, defendants the Regents of the University of Michigan and Bollinger state that they do have a current intention to continue using race as one of many factors considered in admissions, and deny the remaining allegations of the last sentence of paragraph 8 of the Complaint. To the extent that a response is deemed necessary, defendant Duderstadt lacks knowledge or information sufficient to form a belief as to the truth or falsity of the allegations in the last sentence of paragraph 8 of the Complaint. Defendants admit that plaintiffs purport to bring this action as a class action. No response is necessary to the plaintiff's characterization of their claims in the remainder of paragraph 9 of the Complaint.
Defendants admit that plaintiffs seek to maintain a class.
No response is necessary to the plaintiff's characterization of their claims in the remainder of paragraph 10 of the Complaint. Defendants admit that the University of Michigan receives thousands of applications each year for freshman admission into the College of Literature, Science and the Arts, and that some of the names and addresses of rejected applications may be obtained from files maintained by the Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Defendants deny all of the remaining allegations in paragraph 11 of the Complaint. Defendants deny the allegations in paragraph 12 of the Complaint. Defendants deny the allegations in paragraph 13 of the Complaint, except that defendants lack information or knowledge sufficient to form a belief as to the truth of the allegations regarding the competence and experience of plaintiffs' counsel.