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Unrenewed members are not a protected class

Unrenewed members are not a protected class

Unrenewed members are not a protected class

Members of a community association who were not permitted to renew their memberships, allegedly because they sought the incorporation of a new village that would acquire part of the Association’s waterfront property, are not members of a protected class entitled to sue the directors for conspiracy, a federal District Court in New York has held. Members of the Mastic Beach Property Owners’ Association were not permitted to renew their membership in the Association after they had worked for the incorporation of the Village of Mastic Beach and sought to prevent the Association from supporting the opposition. The directors refused to renew their membership for 2011. Membership in the...

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