Legal Opinion
Long Island Lighting Co. v. Town of Brookhaven
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided November 8, 1989No. 1190, Docket 89-7213PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE C. PRATT, Circuit Judge:
The principal issue on this appeal is whether New York’s state courts provide the Long Island Lighting Company (LILCO) with a procedurally adequate remedy for resolution of its constitutional challenge to certain real property taxes assessed against the Shoreham Nuclear Power Station (Shoreham). The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Leonard D. Wexler, Judge, determined that because the available state-court remedies are procedurally adequate, the Tax Injunction Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1341, barred consideration of LILCO’s claims in…
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