Bommarito v. Detroit Golf Club

In this action involving claims of age and marital status discrimination brought pursuant to the Civil Rights Act, MCL 37.2101 et seq.; MSA 3.548(101) et seq., plaintiffs appeal as of right from an order granting summary disposition for defendant Detroit Golf Club pursuant to MCR 2.116(C)(8). We affirm.

When 1992 PA 70 was enacted, it amended, in part, § 301 of the Civil Rights Act to declare that private country clubs and golf clubs are "places of public accommodation,” thereby bringing them within the coverage of the act. MCL 37.2301(a)(i); MSA 3.548(301)(a)(i). Section 302a, which was also…