WESTCHESTER DAY v. VILLAGE OF MAMARONECK

Docket No. 03-9042.

386 F.3d 183 (2004)

WESTCHESTER DAY SCHOOL, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. VILLAGE OF MAMARONECK, The Board of Appeals of the Village of Mamaroneck, Mauro Gabriele, George Mgrditchian, Peter Jackson, Barry Weprin and Clark Neuringer, in Their Official Capacity as Members of the Board of Appeals of the Village of Mamaroneck, and Antonio Vozza, in His Official Capacity as a Former Member of the Board of Appeals of the Village of Mamaroneck, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 27, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel C. Haims, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, N.Y. (Jack C. Auspitz and Andrea B. Aronoff, Morrison & Foerster LLP; Stanley D. Bernstein, Berstein Liebhard & Lifshitz, LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Kevin J. Plunkett, Village Attorney, Village of Mamaroneck, N.Y. (Robert Hermann, Darius P. Chafizadeh, and Lino J. Sciarretta, Thacher Proffitt & Wood LLP, White Plains, NY; Joseph C. Messina, Mamaroneck, NY, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants.

Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Washington, D.C. (David N. Kelley, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York; Gregory G. Katsas, Deputy Assistant Attorney General; Mark Stern and Lowell V. Sturgill Jr., Attorneys, Appellate Staff Civil Division; Sarah E. Light and Sara L. Shudofsky, Assistant United States Attorneys, on the brief), for intervenor United States of America.

Riele J. Morgiewicz, Albany, NY, for amicus curiae New York State Conference of Mayors and Municipal Officials, in support of Defendant-Appellants.

Michael D. Zarin, Zarin & Steinmetz, White Plains, NY, for amicus curiae Save Orienta's Unique Neighborhood, in support of Defendant-Appellants.

Anthony R. Picarello, Jr., The Beckett Fund For Religious Liberty, Washington, D.C. (Roman P. Storzer and Derek L. Gaubatz, on the brief), for amici curiae the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, the Council for American Private Education, and the Association of Christian Schools International, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee.

Mitchell A. Karlan, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, New York, NY, for amici curiae The Anti-Defamation League, The American Jewish Committee, The American Jewish Congress, The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America, and The Jewish Council for Public Affairs, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee.

Von G. Keetch, Kirton & McConkie, Salt Lake City, UT (Alexander Dushku, Matthew K. Richards, and Jason W. Beutler, on the brief), for amici curiae The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints; The General Council on Finance and Administration of the United Methodist Church; Clifton Kirkpatrick, as stated Clerk of the General Assembly of Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); The Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention; The First Church of Christ, Scientist; Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition; the International Church of the Foursquare Gospel; The United House of Prayer for All People of the Church on the Rock of the Apostolic Faith and the Worldwide Church of God, in support of Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: VAN GRAAFEILAND, LEVAL, and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges.


LEVAL, Circuit Judge.

Defendants the Zoning Board of Appeals of the Village of Mamaroneck (the "Board"), its members, and the Village of Mamaroneck (the "Village"), appeal from the grant of summary judgment by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (William C. Conner, J.) in favor of plaintiff Westchester Day School ("WDS" or the "School"). The School brought this action alleging that...

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