Ferran v. Town of Nassau

A decade and a half ago, Plaintiffs-Appellants Nadia Ferran and her son, Mark Ferran, ("the Ferrans") embarked on a campaign against numerous town and county officials and private individuals, contending that the Defendants-Appellees had violated the Ferrans constitutional rights by interfering in their use and enjoyment of certain parcels of land they owned in Rensselaer County, New York. Over the years, in orders dated August 11, 2000 and October 30, 2001, the District Court whittled down the parties and claims, a process which culminated in a final order and judgment dated September 30, 2002 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of New York (Scullin, C.J.), granting summary judgment to the remaining Defendants-Appellees and dismissing the action in its entirety. The Ferrans appeal from all three orders, as well as a November 4, 2002 denial of their motion for reconsideration.