Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit August 27, 2001, Docket Nos. 00-7628, 00-7632, 00-7634 (Locurto v. Safir)

CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:

On a Sunday afternoon in September 1998, 80 or so people, including two of the plaintiffs, attended a barbecue hosted by the third plaintiff in Broad Channel, Queens, New York. This social occasion was the genesis of a racist float entered the following day in Broad Channel’s annual Labor Day parade.