After nine years of litigating a discrimination zoning case against a Long Island village, plaintiffs’ attorneys will have to wait for a federal appeals court to rule on the village’s actions before any decision is made on their estimated $5.6 million legal tab.

Eastern District Judge Arthur Spatt (See Profile) granted the Village of Garden City’s deferral motion in the long-running matter, noting any fee award could be mooted by a reversal on the merits by the U.S. Court of Appeals for Second Circuit.

This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.

To view this content, please continue to their sites.

Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now

Why am I seeing this?

LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.

For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]