Legal Opinion
Town of Orangetown v. Magee
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 30, 1996PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Simons, J.
This appeal involves a zoning dispute in which the courts below have found that plaintiff Town of Orangetown wrongfully revoked defendants’ permit to develop real property in the Town. Defendants have obtained injunctive relief restoring the building permit and an award of substantial damages on a 42 USC § 1983 cause of action. We now affirm.
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Defendant Bradley Industrial Park, Inc. is the owner of 34 acres of land located in the Town of Orangetown. It acquired the property in 1979 to construct a 184,000 square foot industrial building at an estimated cost of $3…
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