Fairfield attorney William Bradley Kellogg reportedly got so angry that he challenged a yacht club manager to a fight. With a suspension looming, Kellogg decided to resign from Bridgeport’s Fayerweather Yacht Club. And now a judge has refused to order the club to reinstate him.
In a 10-page decision that delves into state statutes governing a private club’s bylaws, Judge Trial Referee George Thim denied Kellogg’s request for an injunction that would order the club to take him back. The judge said the club’s board of governors was within its rights to take action. “The misconduct involved a threat of violence that was directed against a club employee,” Thim wrote. “Clearly, the board needed to impose a sanction.”
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