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HAMMERHEAD ENTERPRISES, INC. v. BREZENOFF

No. 1111, Docket 83-7014.

707 F.2d 33 (1983)

HAMMERHEAD ENTERPRISES, INC., Ronald Pramschufer, and Robert Johnson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Stanley BREZENOFF, Mayor and City Council, and the City of New York, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 28, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Tichane, New York City (Luther C. West, West, Carey, Frame & Barnstein, Baltimore, Md., of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Arnold Stream, New York City (Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Corp. Counsel, Francis F. Caputo, George Gutwirth, New York City, of counsel), for defendants-appellees.

Before KAUFMAN and NEWMAN, Circuit Judges, and LASKER, District Judge.

IRVING R. KAUFMAN, Circuit Judge:

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