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CARLOS v. SANTOS

Nos. 2337, 2338 and 2339, Dockets 97-7523, 97-7619 and 97-7631.

123 F.3d 61 (1997)

William G. CARLOS; Salvatore Ardisi; Michael Armistead; Paul Caccia; Michael Christiansen; William Frattarola; Russell Infantino; Raymond Nikisher; Vito Rizzi; Peter Farrell; Roger Schreader; Lisa Carlucci; Katherine Brown; William Bujarski; Gary Cerrone; Joseph Dusavage; Richard Hatfield; Thomas Johanson; David Orce; David Ryan; Michael Gibbons; Margaret Bradley; Virginia Irwin; Mary Jane Fredeman; Ann Marie Repanti, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, Jim Gordon; George Gallinger; Maureen Petranchik; Mariam D'Alessio; Thomas D'Amico, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Carmelo J. SANTOS; Charles Ferrante, Sr.; Samuel R. Gambino; Town of Putnam Valley, New York, Town of Putnam Valley; the Town Board of the Town of Putnam Valley, New York, Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 15, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Lovett, White Plains, NY (Lovett & Gould, White Plains, NY, of counsel), for Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

William J. Madonna, Bronx, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Julius W. Cohn, White Plains, NY (Sweeney Cohn Stahl & Vaccaro, White Plains, NY, of counsel), for Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Gambino.

David O. Wright, Shrub Oak, NY, for Defendant-Appellee-Cross-Appellant Ferrante, Sr.

(William H. Bave, Jr., Wilson, Bave, Conboy & Bave, White Plains, NY, of counsel and on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Before: OAKES and PARKER, Circuit Judges, and NICKERSON, District Judge.

PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Members of the Putnam Valley, New York, police force brought three suits against certain members of the town board of Putnam Valley and against the Town of Putnam Valley itself (the "Town"). The plaintiffs alleged that the board members planned to vote to abolish their police department as a means of retaliating against the Chief of Police (the "Chief") for exercising First Amendment rights. They sought a permanent injunction and damages. The...

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