-ARL Toussie, et al v. County of Suffolk, et al

Filing 278

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER granting in part and denying in part 234 Motion for Summary Judgment; granting 235 Motion for Summary Judgment; For the foregoing reasons, Defts' motion for summary judgment is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. Spec ifically, summary judgment is GRANTED in full for the individual Defts Gaffney, Zielinski, Isles and Sabatino. Suffolk County is awarded summary judgment on (1) all equal protection claims (2001 Am Compl. Count II; 2005 Compl. Count III, XX, XXVI); (2) the procedural due process claims arising out of the 2001 and 2002 Auctions (2001 Am. Compl. III, XXII): (3) the First Amendment freedom of speech claim (2005 Compl. Count VII); (4) all First Amendment retaliation claims (id. Count IX, XXI); (5) the fill of attainder claim arising out of the 2004 Auction (2005 Compl. Count XIII); (6) the contract claims arising out of the 2001 and 2002 Auctions (2001 Am. Compl. Counts V, VI; 2005 Compl. Counts XVI, XXV); (8) the defamation claim (id. Counts XVII); and (9) the violation of the Suffolk County Administrative Code (id. Count XVIII). Pltffs may proceed to trial only against Suffolk County and only with respect to (1) the fill of attainder claims arising out of the 2001 and 2002 Auctions (2 001 Am. Compl. Count I; 2005 Compl. Counts XIX, XXIX); (2) the intimate association claims (2001 Am. Compl. IV; 2005 Compl. Counts XI, XXIII); (3) the procedural and substantive due process claims related to Mr. and Mrs. Toussie's protected pro perty interest arising out of the 2004 Auction (2005 Compl. Counts I, V, XXVII, XXVIII); and (4) the breach of contract claims arising out of the 2004 Auction (id. Counts XIV, XV). ( Ordered by Judge Joanna Seybert on 8/2/2011.) c/m c/ecf (Fagan, Linda)