GAY VETERANS ASS'N, INC. v. AMERICAN LEGION

No. 85 Civ. 8339 (CBM).

621 F.Supp. 1510 (1985)

GAY VETERANS ASSOCIATION, INC., John Paine and Robert Walden, Plaintiffs, v. The AMERICAN LEGION — NEW YORK COUNTY ORGANIZATION, Reginald B. Allen, Jr., individually and in his capacity as Parade Chairman of the American Legion — New York County Organization; Anthony F. Tuccillo, individually and in his capacity as Adjutant of the American Legion — New York County Organization; City of New York; Edward I. Koch, individually and in his capacity as Mayor of the City of New York; New York City Police Department: Benjamin Ward, individually and in his capacity as Commissioner of the New York City Police Department; Robert J. Johnson, Jr., Gerard J. Kerins, Tosano J. Simonetti, J. Johnson, Henry A. Harrison, and John Doe, individually and in their capacities as officers of the New York City Police Department, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

November 6, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lambda Legal Defense Fund and Education Fund, Inc., David H. Braff, Sherryl E. Michaelson, Steven L. Holley, Teitelbaum & Hiller, P.C. by William Hibsher, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Corp. Counsel by Marilyn Richter, Robert Ligansky, Asst. Corp. Counsel, New York City, for New York City defendants.

Casimir F. Sojka, New York City, Francis L. Giordano, Brooklyn, N.Y., for American Legion defendants.


OPINION

MOTLEY, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs, the Gay Veterans Association, Inc. ["Gay Veterans"] and two of its officers, Robert Walden, Secretary, and John Paine, President, have commenced this action against the New York County American Legion, the Mayor of the City of New York and various other defendants seeking injunctive and other relief. The action is brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. sections 1983, 1985(3) and 1986. Plaintiffs, pursuant to an order to show...

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