DEAL v. NEWPORT DATSUN LTD.

No. 82-1174.

706 F.2d 141 (1983)

James E. DEAL and Charlene S. Deal, Appellants, v. NEWPORT DATSUN LTD., a corporation organized under the laws of Virginia, and Robert R. Crumpler, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided May 11, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marla J. Melman, Newport News, Va. (E.D. David, Jones, Blechman, Woltz & Kelly, P.C., Newport News, Va., on brief), for appellants.

Donald E. King, Richmond, Va. (McGuire, Woods & Battle, V.M. Geddy, Jr., Richmond, Va., on brief), for appellees.

Before RUSSELL and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges, and HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge.


HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judge:

In this action, brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983, the plaintiffs complain the defendant landlord's refusal to renew their lease of a lot in a mobile home park was retaliatory. The Deals had been active in voicing tenant complaints and demanding improvements, and they had apparently written an article, critical of the park's management, for publication in a local newspaper.

The landlord, Newport Datsun, served timely...

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