Longway v. Jefferson County Board of Supervisors

MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

This case returns to us after our certification of a question of New York law to the New York Court of Appeals. The certification order sets forth the relevant background of this dispute, Longway v. Jefferson County Bd. of Supervisors, 995 F.2d 12 (2d Cir.1993), and we therefore summarize that background only briefly. The plaintiffs, certain residents and members of the Board of Supervisors of Jefferson County, New York (collectively “plaintiffs”), filed a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983…