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BALDWIN v. CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.

Nos. 82-1761, 82-1767, 82-1768, 82-1785, 82-1786 and 82-2120.

710 F.2d 132 (1983)

Floyd C. BALDWIN; Ruby S. Baldwin; William Edward Kirby, Jr.; Brenda Head Kirby; Richard B. Charles; Frances S. Charles; Raymond E. Wigley and Dorothy Wigley, Appellants, v. CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM, N.C.; Mayor Wayne A. Corpening; Vivian H. Burke; Marilyn S. Harpe; Larry D. Little; Virginia K. Newell; Robert S. Northington, Jr.; Ernestine Wilson; Larry W. Womble and Martha S. Wood, Appellees. RAINTREE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.; Louis Capots; John Geis; Charles Herbert Green; Robert D. Kinniburgh, Jr. and Kenneth Smelter, Appellants, v. CITY OF CHARLOTTE; Eddie Knox, Mayor; L. David Berryhill; Charlie Dannelly; Laura Frech; Harvy B. Gantt; Ron Leeper; Ralph McMillan; Pamela G. Patterson; Edwin Peacock, Jr.; George K. Selden, Jr.; Herbert Spaugh, Jr. and Minnette Trosch, Appellees. H.B. CARLISLE; W.E. Derrick; Carl L. Gaile; R.R. Lee and D.M. Randall, Appellants, v. CITY OF CHARLOTTE; Eddie Knox, Mayor; David L. Berryhill; Charlie Dannelly; Laura Frech; Harvy B. Gantt; Ron Leeper; Ralph McMillan; Pamela G. Patterson; Edwin Peacock, Jr.; George K. Selden, Jr.; Herbert Spaugh, Jr. and Minnette C. Trosch, Appellees. RAINTREE HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, INC.; Louis Capots; John Geis; Charles Herbert Green; Robert D. Kinniburgh, Jr. and Kenneth Smelter, Appellees, v. CITY OF CHARLOTTE; Mayor Eddie Knox; David L. Berryhill; Charlie Dannelly; Laura Frech; Harvy B. Gantt; Ron Leeper; Ralph McMillan; Pamela G. Patterson; Edwin Peacock, Jr.; George K. Selden, Jr.; Herbert Spaugh, Jr. and Minnette Trosch, Appellants. H.B. CARLISLE; W.E. Derrick; Carl L. Gaile; R.R. Lee and D.M. Randall, Appellees, v. CITY OF CHARLOTTE; Mayor Eddie Knox; David L. Berryhill; Charlie Dannelly; Laura Frech; Harvy B. Gantt; Ron Leeper; Ralph McMillan; Pamela G. Patterson; Edwin Peacock, Jr.; George K. Selden, Jr.; Herbert Spaugh, Jr. and Minnette C. Trosch, Appellants. Henry BREWER; Robert M. Burcham; Philip Demarko; Joy M. McNab; Gladys Norman; Sam Pope; James A. Sneed and Cornelius F. Spach, Appellants, v. CITY OF WINSTON-SALEM; Mayor Wayne A. Corpening; Vivian H. Burke; Marilyn S. Harpe; Larry D. Little; Virginia K. Newell; Robert S. Northington, Jr.; Ernestine Wilson; Larry W. Womble and Martha S. Wood, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 15, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Hamilton, Robert L. Deitz, Susan A. Cobb, Ginsburg, Feldman, Weil & Bress, Chartered, Washington, D.C., Rosbon D.B. Whedbee, Ahoskie, N.C., F. Lee Weaver, Weaver & Bennett, P.A., Hugh G. Casey, Jr., Casey & Bishop, P.A., Charlotte, N.C., on brief, for appellants.

Roddey M. Ligon, Jr., Womble, Caryl, Sandridge & Rice, Ronald G. Seeber, Ralph D. Karpinos, Winston-Salem, N.C., Henry W. Underhill, Jr., H. Michael Boyd, Charlotte, N.C., on brief, for appellees.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, SPROUSE, Circuit Judge, and KELLAM, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM:

These consolidated cases present the single question of whether landowners who allege that their real property is to be annexed by a municipality in order to increase the municipality's tax base have stated a claim upon which relief can be granted under the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. The district courts, 544 F.Supp. 123 and 543 F.Supp. 625, uniformly held that...

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