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HUGHES v. RANGER FUEL CORP. DIVISION OF PITTSTON CO.

No. 72-1022.

467 F.2d 6 (1972)

Edward HUGHES et al., Appellants, v. RANGER FUEL CORPORATION, DIVISION OF PITTSTON COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 26, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Boettner, Jr., Charleston, W. Va., for appellants.

W. T. O'Farrell, Charleston, W. Va. (Jackson, Kelly, Holt & O'Farrell, Charleston, W. Va., and Robert B. Sayre, Sayre & Sayre, Beckley, W. Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, RUSSELL, Circuit Judge, and BLATT, District Judge.

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.

This action for both injunctive relief and for damages, arises out of an alleged assault and battery committed by the defendants against the plaintiffs because of the latter's efforts "in turning in violators of the 1899 Refuse Act". This "1899 Refuse Act"1 in support of which the plaintiffs contend they were engaged at the time of the assault in question, prohibits...

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