Pierce v. Village of Ossining

This is an application by seven plaintiffs for injunctive and other relief against enforcement of a state statute, section 4-402(b) of the Village Law of New York, McKinney’s Consol.Laws, c. 64. The court sits as a statutory three-judge district court under 28 U.S.C. §§ 2281 and 2284. For reasons given below, we grant the preliminary injunctive relief sought.

The three original plaintiffs, Catherine Pierce, George Sarah Taylor and William Taylor, and the four intervening plaintiffs, Gerard T. Butler, Richard B. Smith, Alfred Weiss and Robert Flood, are adult residents of the Village of…