UNITED LAND CORP. OF AMERICA v. CLARKE

No. 78-1077.

613 F.2d 497 (1980)

UNITED LAND CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Z and S Development Corporation, Marlene C. Wood, Trustee for the Alpha Land Trust and Wendell W. Wood, Appellants, v. Hartwell P. CLARKE and George R. St. John, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward D. Hess, Charlottesville, Va. (Carwile & Hess, Charlottesville, Va., on brief), for appellants.

Paul M. Peatross, Charlottesville, Va., for appellee Hartwell P. Clarke.

Francis McQ. Lawrence, Charlottesville, Va. (Frederick W. Payne, Deputy County Atty., Charlottesville, Va., on brief), for appellee George R. St. John.

Before BUTZNER, HALL and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

United Land Corporation of America, Z and S Development Corporation, and the trustee and beneficiary of the Alpha Land Trust (who will be referred to collectively as United) appeal the district court's dismissal of their complaint under Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure for failure to state a claim. Seeking recovery of compensatory and punitive damages, United alleges that it illegally was prevented from developing a subdivision...

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