Legal Opinion
Goosby v. Town Board of Hempstead
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 25, 1999No. Docket No. 97-7403PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MINER, Circuit Judge:
Defendants-appellants the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead, New York (the “Board” or “Town Board”), and Gregory P. Peterson, Richard V. Guardino, Patrick A. Zagarino, Curtis Fisher, Joseph Ra, Anthony Santino and Joseph Kearney, in their official capacities as members of the Town Board,1 appeal from a final judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Gleeson, J.), following a bench trial, enjoining the Town of Hempstead from the use of an at-large voting method to elect members of the Town Board. The court determined that…
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