MORRIS v. LINDAU

Docket Nos. 98-7082, 98-7128

196 F.3d 102 (1999)

Charles E. MORRIS, Consolidated-Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant, Robert L. Pavone, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, Robert A. Pavone, Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant, Thomas P. Diana, Peter J. Macaluso, Susan M. Whitmore, Jerry P. Underwood, Timothy J. Kalb, Vincent I. Pagliaroli, Anthony C. Rao, Warren Bonds, James Christopher Crescenzo, Rose Orlando, Theresa Lowery, Mary Schnittert, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, Vincent Nyberg, Individually, Consolidated-Defendant, Kathryn I. Mcguire, Henry Reinhardt, Plaintiffs-Counter-Defendants, v. Ann LINDAU, Individually, Francis X. Farrell, Individually, Linda D. Puglisi, Individually, Town Board of the Town of Cortlandt, the Board of Police Commissioners of the Town of Cortlandt, Thomas Wood, Individually, Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, The Town of Cortlandt, New York, Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: October 21, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Lovett, White Plains, New York (Craig T. Dickinson, Lovett & Gould, White Plains, New York, of counsel), for Consolidated-Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant.

Daniel Riesel, New York, New York, (Lemuel M. Srolovic, Sive, Paget & Riesel, P.C., New York, New York, of counsel), for Defendants-Counter-Claimants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Before: KEARSE, CARDAMONE, and POOLER, Circuit Judges


CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

This litigation had its origin in the discord engendered by a falling out between the elected officials of the Town of Cortlandt, New York and its Police Chief, who enjoys civil service tenure, regarding the budget and administration of the Town's Police Department. The residual bitterness was quickly evidenced in litigation that resulted in the three consolidated civil rights actions, brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, now before us.<...

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