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BALDWIN v. APPALACHIAN POWER CO.

No. 76-1735.

556 F.2d 241 (1977)

Jon-Karl BALDWIN, Appellant, v. APPALACHIAN POWER COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon-Karl Baldwin, appellant pro se.

Donald D. Hodson, Beckely, W. Va., for appellee.

Before RUSSELL, WIDENER and HALL, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Jon-Karl Baldwin brought a civil rights action against the Appalachian Power Company alleging that he was deprived of his property without due process of law by the power company's erection of certain power line poles on his property. Baldwin sought compensatory and punitive damages as well as injunctive relief. The district court dismissed the complaint sua sponte, finding that Baldwin had failed to state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. It...

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