"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> On 1/20/2013 11:58 AM, sf wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 11:44:22 -0500, jmcquown >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On 1/20/2013 11:33 AM, sf wrote:
>>>> On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 07:24:53 -0800, "Pico Rico"
>>>> > wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I do have to wonder why the obsession over the club, though. Seems
>>>>> quite an
>>>>> oddity.
>>>>
>>>> She has to pay $800 annually for it whether she uses it or not, so
>>>> she's trying to get her money's worth out of it this year and she was
>>>> simply commenting on the chef's continuing obsession with kaiser
>>>> rolls, coupled with her inability to digest the seeds on them. He
>>>> seems pretty clueless for someone whose customers are mainly retirees.
>>>>
>>> Thanks, sf, and that's exactly my point. Given everyone I know here is
>>> over 65 (and some are into their 80's) there doesn't seem to be much in
>>> the way of options for sandwich breads. Maybe he serves them pablum or
>>> cream of wheat and they just don't send email about it being a lunch
>>> special. Heh.
>>>
>> Does your home owners association have a private google group? I'm
>> wondering if you could bring up the topic there. If other people
>> agree that he needs to start accommodating special diets, there's
>> strength in numbers!
>>
>>
> I have no idea. It never occurred to me to look. But the DIOA isn't
> your stereotypical homeowners association. Apparently there have been
> many lawsuits over the years, on both sides. No one seems to have ever
> won.
>
> Jill


One side certainly won this one.

Federal judge dismisses drawn-out Dataw lawsuit
From staff reports


Published Thursday, October 28, 2010
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A federal judge dismissed an antitrust lawsuit filed three years ago against
Dataw Island's club and owners association.

U.S. District Court Judge C. Weston Houck ruled Sept. 30 to dismiss the
suit, which alleged breaches of fiduciary duties, antitrust violations and
other misconduct by two Dataw Island boards and some of their members,
according to court records. The suit was filed in 2007 by former Dataw
Island residents Robert Brandriff and Rick Davenport against the Dataw
Island Club and Dataw Island Owners Association.

"We are obviously very pleased with the federal ruling made by Judge Houck,"
Ted Bartlett, general manager and chief operating officer of Dataw Island
Club, said in a news release Thursday. "We are encouraged to get this matter
behind us and to move forward to the benefit of the entire Dataw Island
community."

The former residents can appeal the decision in a state court but have not
done so yet, the release said.

The club and owners association are now seeking attorney fees, which were
more than $1.3 million, and other costs of more than $100,000 from the
former residents, according to court filings.

"This has been a hotly contested litigated lawsuit, involving claims with
little substance but an extremely high amount in controversy," reads the
motion for sanctions against the former residents. The motion says there was
"no legal basis for their antitrust claims."

Brandriff and Davenport had sought class-action status for their suit. In
it, the plaintiffs alleged, among other things, that club policies -- such
as imposing assessments on owners association members to be used for the
club -- benefited its members at the expense of property owners. It also
claimed a violation of antitrust laws because club membership and
assessments were a condition of property ownership, according to court
records.

Dataw Island is an 870-acre gated community on St. Helena Island.


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