D'AGOSTINO v. New York State Liquor Authority

DECISION AND ORDER

LARIMER, Chief Judge.

This action, which is brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1985, arises out of plaintiffs’ former operation of a bar and restaurant known as the Lincoln Restaurant (“the Lincoln”) in Broekport, New York. Plaintiff Anthony D’Agostino, Sr., ran the Lincoln through plaintiff Tochrisand, Inc., a corporation of which he is the president and sole director. Plaintiffs contend that defendants conspired together to deprive them of their civil rights in various ways in order to drive the Lincoln out of business.

Defendants include David Paul, who ran a business near…