FIELD DAY, LLC v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK

Docket Nos. 05-5341-CV(L), 05-5870-CV(XAP), 05-6445-CV(CON).

463 F.3d 167 (2006)

FIELD DAY, LLC, f/k/a New York Music Festival, LLC, Aeg Live LLC, f/k/a Aeg Concerts LLC, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF SUFFOLK, Suffolk County Department of Health Services, Suffolk County Executive Robert Gaffney, Commissioner of the Suffolk County Department of Health Services Brian Harper, Commissioner of the Suffolk County Police Department John C. Gallagher, Director of the Suffolk County Department of Health Services Robert Maimoni, Chief of the Bureau of Public Health Protection Bruce Williamson, Principal Public Health Sanitarian Robert Gerdts, Deputy Suffolk County Attorney Robert Cabble, Deputy Suffolk County Executive Joe Michaels, and Sergeant Patrick Maher of the Suffolk County Police Department, Defendants-Appellants, New York State Health Commissioner Antonia C. Novello, Defendant-Appellant, Town of Riverhead and Riverhead Chief of Police David Hegermiller, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 12, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher A. Jeffreys, Assistant County Attorney (Christine Malafi, County Attorney, on the brief), Hauppauge, NY, for Defendants-Appellants.

Gregory Silbert, Assistant Solicitor General (Michelle Aronowitz, Deputy Solicitor General, of counsel, Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, on the brief), New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellant.

Charles E. Bachman (Peter Obstler, of counsel), O'Melveny & Meyers LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Before: MINER and WESLEY, Circuit Judges, and SWAIN, District Judge.


MINER, Circuit Judge.

These consolidated interlocutory appeals and cross-appeal arise from two orders of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Hurley, J.) in an action brought against state, county, town, and individual public officer defendants, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging violations of First Amendment free speech rights. The underlying action arises from the failure...

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