Legal Opinion
LeBlanc-Sternberg v. Fletcher
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 14, 1991No. 91 Civ. 2550 (GLG)PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOETTEL, District Judge:
I. BACKGROUND
A large portion of the Town of Ramapo is a state park and undeveloped land. In the occupied area, a “village movement” has resulted in the formation of eleven incorporated villages within the town borders along its perimeter. 1 An incorporated village controls the tax base within its boundaries and has the authority to execute its own zoning laws, run schools, operate police, fire, water and sewage departments and regulate the use of the streets. As a rule, the boundaries of a village may not exceed five square miles, N.Y. Village Law § 2-200, subd.…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Elrod v. BurnsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Village of Arlington Heights v. Metropolitan Housing Development Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Gomillion v. LightfootSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by7 opinions
- LeBlanc-Sternberg v. FletcherCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
- LeBlanc-Sternberg v. FletcherDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- Coleman v. Board of Educ. of City of Mount VernonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1997
- Favors v. CuomoDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2012
- Rabbi Yitzchok Leblanc-Sternberg, Chanie Leblanc-Sternberg, Fred Walfish, Lewis Kamman, Park Avenue Synagogue, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. Robert Fletcher, Marianne Cucolo, John C. Layne, and Nicholas Vertullo, Individually and in Their Capacity as Trustees of the Village of Airmont, Maureen Kendrick, Individually and in Her Capacity as Mayor of the Village of Airmont, Raymond Kane, Paul Berliner, the Airmont Civic Association, the Village of Airmont, the Town of Ramapo, and Herbert Reisman, Individually and in His Capacity as Ramapo Town Supervisor, Robert Fletcher, John C. Layne, Nicholas Vertullo, Maureen Kendrick, and Raymond Kane, Individually, and in Their Capacity as Trustees of the Village of Airmont, and the Village of Airmont, Robert Fletcher and Nicholas Vertullo, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants. United States of America v. The Village of Airmont, Airmont Civic Association, Ralph Bracco, in His Capacity as Mayor of the Village of Airmont, John C. Layne, Raymond Kane, Charles Calotta and Ronald Sabo, in Their Capacities as Trustees of the Village of AirmontCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
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