The board of the Packanack Lake Country Club and Community was given a court order this weekend to stand trial on charges it barred membership and the right to own property in the community to Jews and Negroes.
The order was a victory for two non-Jewish families, members of the Passaic County residential community of about 1,300 families, who accused the board of bias in a court complaint. Superior Court Judge Morris Pashman upheld motions of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Conover and Mr. and Mrs. John J. Mooney, who filed a complaint charging that only persons of “northern European Christian” background were eligible for membership.
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