Spiegelman v. Engineers Country Club, Inc.

Respondent, Engineers Country Club, Inc., is a New York membership corporation. Petitioner, one of its members for the last 19 years, brings this article 78 proceeding to review a determination by respondent finding him guilty of “ misconduct ” and penalizing him by a 30-day suspension, with the penalty itself suspended during a six months ’ probationary period. Reversal is sought upon the ground, among others, that the determination is arbitrary and unreasonable. The facts sufficiently appear from the hearing minutes.

On the evening of June 11, 1970 respondent Country Club held a member-guest…