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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Brown issues a sharp rebuke of a property developer’s attempt to ascribe discriminatory animus to a village’s actions and dismisses its takings, discrimination, conspiracy and equitable relief claims. The developer alleges officials for a village on Long Island, along with a local property association, conspired to prevent the developer from using its 10-acre property for use as a filming location in connection with Showtime productions due to its associations with a Southeast Asian religious retreat as well as a Southeast Asian investor. Its claims rooted in discrimination and conspiracy fail for two reasons: the investor is not an actual member of the developer, thus the company lacks standing to claim it was discriminated against, and the complaint fails to allege a meeting of the minds. Its takings claim also fails because they are not prevented from using the property in other ways or simply selling it. The only claim to survive is its Fourth Amendment illegal search claim, finding it sufficiently alleges a building inspector entered the property without permission.