Bryan v. City of Madison MS

How courts have described this case

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• holding that mayor’s act of placing a rezoning issue back on agenda at an unscheduled meeting with the board of aldermen without notifying the developer or property owner was a legislative act entitled to legislative immunity
• recognizing a selective enforcement claim where a “government official’s acts were motivated by improper considerations, such as race, religion, or the desire to prevent the exercise of a constitutional right.”
• showing of “constitutionally protected property right” “must be made by reference to state law”
• deciding due-process claims based on same facts
• mayor’s decisions to delay the board’s approval of proposed development plans at various board meetings was also nonlegislative
• “In this circuit, we require an allegation of a race-based conspiracy. … For that reason, Bryan's § 1985(3) claim fails.”

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