MOORE v. TRIPPE

89 Civ. 5450 (GLG).

743 F.Supp. 201 (1990)

Wendy MOORE, James Best, Ellen Best, and Catherine Byrne, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, and Wellspring Zendo, Inc., Plaintiffs, v. James TRIPPE, Robert P. Buehler, Leonard J. Scofield, Nancy Jane Wooley, and Stephen F. Wund, individually and as members of the Town Board of the Town of Pound Ridge, James J. Sullivan, individually and as Town Attorney, Murray Crandell, Building Inspector, Sol Horne, Tax Assessor, and The Town of Pound Ridge, Defendants.

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

July 17, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

McGovern, Connelly & Davidson, New Rochelle, N.Y. (Douglas R. Hoyt, Margaret M. Fitzpatrick, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Bleakley Platt & Schmidt, White Plains, N.Y. (Michael J. Trainor, William P. Harrington, of counsel), for defendants.


OPINION

GOETTEL, District Judge:

This action involves a vitriolic dispute between members of a religious community in the Town of Pound Ridge (the "Town"), which is located in Westchester County, New York, and the Town itself, including numerous Town officials. In a nutshell, plaintiffs, who are Zen Buddhists engaged in the practice of their religion at the Wellspring Zendo in the Town, complain that the Town and its officials have engaged in a derisive...

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