rights to be free from discriminatory state action by acting with a discriminatory intent to prevent plaintiffs from purchasing property located in the village. Compl. ¶¶ 32-33. Absolute and Qualified Immunity Before delving into the merits of plaintiffs’ § 1983 claims, we consider defendants’ claims to immunity from suit. The defendants claim that West and the trustees are absolutely immune from damage suits under § 1983 because they were aeting in their legislative capacities when they acted to approve an offer by the village to purchase the Lansing Bible Church property. Thus, the individual defendants claim to enjoy absolute legislative immunity under Lake Country Estates, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, 440 U.S. 391, 402-06, 99 S.Ct. 1171, 1177-80, 59 L.Ed.2d 401 (1979) (<HOLDING>) and Tenney v. Brandhove, 341 U.S. 367, 376, 71
holding that city council is entitled to absolute legislative immunity from claim under the age discrimination in employment act holding selsky entitled to absolute immunity holding that individuals acting in a legislative capacity at a regional level are entitled to absolute immunity holding that the burden is on the defendants to establish the existence of absolute legislative immunity holding that borough attorney who was acting in direct assistance of legislative activity was entitled to absolute immunity