Veenstra v. Washtenaw Country Club

Defendant Washtenaw Country Club declined to renew plaintiffs contract as the club’s golf professional, following plaintiff’s apparently notorious and public separation from his wife and cohabitation with another woman. The trial court summarily dismissed plaintiff’s breach of contract and marital discrimination claims. The Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal of the contract claim, but held that, under our decision in McCready v Hoffius, 459 Mich 131; 586 NW2d 723 (1998) (McCready II), vacated in part 459 Mich 1235 (1999), discrimination on the basis of “unmarried cohabitation” violated the…