Female Golfer’s Discrimination Claim Can Continue

A Massachusetts trial court has denied in part a motion for summary judgment, extending the viability of a gender discrimination and retaliation claim brought by a female golfer, who sought unsuccessfully to become a member at a country club.   On June 26, 2000, plaintiff Mary E. Murray submitted her application to become a member of the Club. Shortly thereafter, the Board approved her application, and her name was placed on the wait list. Murray had been on the wait list for almost two yea