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For July 20, 2018 through July 26, 2018, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

TOWN OF DELAWARE v LEIFER (162 AD3d 1350):
3rd Dept. App. Div. order of 6/21/18; affirmance; sua sponte examination of whether a substantial constitutional question is directly involved to support an appeal as of right; Municipal Corporations--Zoning--Variance--Action by town to enjoin defendant landowner from holding outdoor festival on his land without applying for a use variance--whether the outdoor festival with presentation of music falls within the zoning code definition of a "theater" prohibited in the town's Rural District; claimed violations of defendant's First Amendment rights; Supreme Court, Sullivan County, among other things, granted plaintiff's motion for summary judgment; App. Div. affirmed.