Long Island University v. Tappan

This action, originally brought to restrain the annexation of territory to the village of Brookville, has, by virtue of events transpiring since its inception, been transmuted into an action for a declaratory judgment. It is the latest step in the resistance of certain residents of the town of Oyster Bay to the endeavors of the plaintiff, Long Island University, a domestic educational corporation chartered by the Regents of the University of the State of New York, to establish its campus and buildings in that township. This project, commenced in 1947, was initiated by an attempt to secure…