RICHMOND HILTON ASSOCIATES v. CITY OF RICHMOND

No. 82-1364.

690 F.2d 1086 (1982)

RICHMOND HILTON ASSOCIATES, A Virginia Limited Partnership; Jaimen Enterprises, Inc., A Virginia Corporation; Continental Hotel Management, Inc., A Virginia Corporation; James C. Bristow, and Allan M. Voorhees; John J. Hanky, Jr. and Herman Beckstoffer, Jr., d/b/a Canal Square Associates, a Virginia General Part.; Appellees, v. The CITY OF RICHMOND, Virginia, A Virginia Municipal Corporation; The Council of the City of Richmond, Virginia, the governing body of the City of Richmond, including all members of the Council of the City of Richmond in their official capacities; The Planning Commission of the City of Richmond, Virginia, An administrative agency of the City of Richmond, including all members of the Planning Commission in their official capacities; Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, A Virginia Redevelopment and Housing Authority; Henry L. Marsh, III, in his official capacity as Mayor of the City of Richmond; Manuel Deese, in his official capacity as City Manager of the City of Richmond; Charles T. Peters, Jr., in his official capacity as Director of Planning and Community Development of City of Richmond; William H. Hefty, in his official capacity as Acting City Attorney of City of Richmond; Roland L. Turpin, in his official capacity as Executive Director of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority; Appellants, and The Beacon Companies, A Massachusetts Limited Partnership; Helmsley-Spear Hospitality Services, Inc., A New York Corporation; Henry L. Marsh, III, Individually; Manuel Deese, Individually; Charles T. Peters, Jr., Individually; William H. Hefty, Individually; Roland L. Turpin, Individually; Stephen W. Brener, Executive Vice-President of Helmsley-Spear Hospitality Services, Inc., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Vanderstar, Washington, D. C. (Virginia G. Watkin, Stephen Calkins, Charles E. M. Kolb, Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., on brief), for appellants.

Thomas G. Slater, Jr., Richmond, Va. (Daniel A. Carrell, Jack E. McClard, Donald R. Schmidt, Hunton & Williams, Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge, and RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.


HARRISON L. WINTER, Chief Judge:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court prohibiting the law firm of Covington & Burling from representing certain defendants in both their official and individual capacities, but permitting the firm to represent them solely in either capacity. The plaintiffs had sued four governmental entities, a number of government officials in their official capacities, five of the same government officials in their individual...

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