Case Name: Carmelo S. Armenia et al., Appellants, v. LaVerne Luther, Individually and as Supervisor of the Town of Grand Island, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1989-07-12
Citations: 152 A.D.2d 928
Docket Number: 
Parties: Carmelo S. Armenia et al., Appellants, v LaVerne Luther, Individually and as Supervisor of the Town of Grand Island, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 152
Pages: 928–928

Head Matter:
Carmelo S. Armenia et al., Appellants, v LaVerne Luther, Individually and as Supervisor of the Town of Grand Island, et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: Applying a "balancing of public interests" approach (see, Matter of County of Monroe [City of Rochester], 72 NY2d 338), we conclude that the Town of Grand Island was immune from its own zoning regulations when it installed floodlights at tennis courts and at a softball diamond situated in a town park. Accordingly, Special Term properly granted defendants' motion for summary judgment dismissing plaintiffs' first and second causes of action. (Appeal from order of Supreme Court, Erie County, Ostrowski, J. — summary judgment.) Present — Dillon, P. J., Callahan, Balio, Lawton and Davis, JJ.