Legal Opinion
Jewish People for the Betterment of Westhampton Beach v. Village of Westhampton Beach
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 6, 2015No. Docket No. 14-1441PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Per curiam
Plaintiffs Arnold Sheiffer, Estelle Lu-bliner, and Jewish People for the Betterment of Westhampton Beach filed this action for declaratory and injunctive relief to prevent the creation in Westhampton Beach of an “eruv,” a delineated geographic area significant to certain adherents of Judaism. Plaintiffs now appeal from judgments entered on February 4, 2013, and May 21, 2013, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Leonard D. Wexler, J.) in favor of East End Eruv Association, Inc. (“EEEA”), Verizon New York, Inc. (“Verizon”), and Long Island Lighting Company…
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