Legal Opinion
Long Island Lighting Co. v. Town of Brookhaven
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided January 25, 1989No. CV 88-2376PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEXLER, District Judge.
Plaintiff the Long Island Lighting Company (“LILCO”) commenced this civil rights action to enjoin the establishment, certification or collection of certain taxes assessed against LILCO’s Shoreham Nuclear Power Station. According to LILCO, the challenged tax assessment procedures violate New York law because they are based on unlawful de facto classifications. These classifications are argued to violate LILCO’s constitutional rights.
On November 29, 1988 this Court held oral argument on LILCO’s motion for a preliminary injunction and on defendants’…
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