Publication Date: 2021-06-30
Practice Area: Civil Procedure | Civil Rights | Real Estate | Tax
Industry: State and Local Government
Court: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Judge: Circuit Judge Gerard Lynch
Attorneys: For plaintiff: For Plaintiffs-Appellants McConnell Dorce and Sherlivia Thomas-Murchison: Keith H. Wofford, Gregg L. Weiner, Alexander B. Simkin, New York, NY, on the brief, Douglas Hallward-Driemeier, Ropes & Gray LLP, Washington, DC.
For Plaintiffs-Appellants McConnell Dorce, Cecilia Jones, and Sherlivia Thomas-Murchison: Robert J. Valli, Jr., Matthew Berman, Valli Kane & Vagnini, Garden City, NY.
for defendant: For Defendants-Appellees City of New York and Maria Torres-Springer, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Housing Preservation and Development: Richard Dearing, Kate Fletcher, Kevin Osowski, Of Counsel, on the brief, Melanie T. West, Assistant Corporation Counsel, for James E. Johnson, Corporation Counsel of New York, NY.
For Defendants-Appellees Neighborhood Restore Housing Development Fund Co. Inc. and BSDC Kings Covenant Housing Development Fund Company, Inc.: Brian J. Markowitz, Goldstein Hall PLLC, New York, NY.
For Amicus Curiae NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.: Coty Montag, Washington, DC, Samuel Spital, Rachel M. Kleinman, Kristen A. Johnson, New York, NY, on the brief, Mahogane D. Reed, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Washington, DC.
For Amicus Curiae Pacific Legal Foundation: Christina M. Martin, Kathryn D. Valois, Pacific Legal Foundation, Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
Case Number: 20-1809-cv
Judgment Dismissing Challenges to City's Tax Foreclosure Program Partly Reversed