Attorneys hired by a Long Island, N.Y., village cannot be held liable under federal civil rights law for the advice they offered, which a developer claims caused costly delays to his condominium project, a federal judge has ruled. Eastern District of New York Judge Arthur D. Spatt held that the attorneys had been functioning as private contractors, whose conduct could not be reached under the law.
February 27, 2009 at 12:00 AM
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Attorneys hired by a Long Island, N.Y., village cannot be held liable under federal civil rights law for the advice they offered, which a developer claims caused costly delays to his condominium project, a federal judge has ruled.
Eastern District of New York Judge Arthur D. Spatt in Westhampton Beach Associates v. Strebel, 08-CV-1493, held that the attorneys had been functioning as private contractors, whose conduct could not be reached under the law.
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