Theodore R. Dusanenko, Nicholas A. Longo, and Robert M. Maidman v. John R. Maloney, Charles E. Holbrook, William J. Carey, and the Town of Clarkstown

Plaintiffs Theodore R. Dusanenko, Nicholas A. Longo, and Robert M. Maidman appeal from so much of a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Charles L. Brieant, Jr., Judge, as summarily dismissed their claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1976) and the First and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution. Plaintiffs alleged that the individual defendants, acting in their capacity as a majority of the Town Board of defendant Town of Clarkstown, New York, had deprived plaintiffs of public position or remuneration solely for political reasons. 1 On appeal,…