Imbriani v. Board of Supervisors

OPINION

EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.

This suit, brought originally in the Supreme Court of the State of New York and removed by the defendant to this Court, seeks to overturn, on state and federal law grounds, Local Law No. 6 of 1982 of the County of Sullivan. That law creates a system of weighted voting by Town Supervisors, who constitute the county legislature. Defendant moves to dismiss for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.

The Court grants defendant’s motion with respect to plaintiff’s federal equal protection claims on the basis of the Court’s decision in Haas…