Legal Opinion
Ritell v. Village of Briarcliff Manor
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided December 20, 2006No. 06 CIV. 14249(WCC)PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
WILLIAM C. CONNER, Senior District Judge.
Plaintiff, Henry L. Ritell, brings this action against defendants, the Village of Briarcliff Manor (the “Village”) and Michael S. Blau, Manager of the Village, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for violation of the Free Speech and Free Exercise Clauses of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, as well as violations of the corresponding provisions of the New York State Constitution. Specifically, plaintiff takes exception to the Village’s erection of a menorah…
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