Legal Opinion
Dean v. Town of Hempstead
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided February 18, 2016No. 14-cv-04951 (JG) (SMG)PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOHN GLEESON, United States District Judge:
This case is about whether a Long Island town violated the constitutional rights of two of its small business owners when it refused to grant them the necessary authorizations to open and run two cabarets. Plaintiffs Billy Dean and Rori Leigh Gordon, along with the entities with whom they are affiliated, bring this action against defendants Town of Hempstead (the “Town”), the Town’s Building Inspector, the Town’s Supervisor, and the individual members of the Town’s Board of Appeals,1 pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging numerous…
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