FLEMING v. MOORE

No. 85-1361.

780 F.2d 438 (1985)

James N. FLEMING, Appellant, v. W. Bedford MOORE, III, Appellee, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Amicus Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

S.W. Tucker (Hill, Tucker & Marsh, Richmond, Va., Gerald G. Poindexter; Poindexter & Poindexter, Surry, Va., on brief), for appellant.

Thomas E. Albro (Bradley B. Cavedo; Smith, Taggart, Gibson & Albro, Charlottesville, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before WIDENER and SPROUSE, Circuit Judges, and HAYNSWORTH, Senior Circuit Judges.


SPROUSE, Circuit Judge:

James M. Fleming, a black real estate developer in Charlottesville, Virginia, appeals from the judgment of the district court dismissing his Section 19831 action against W. Bedford Moore, III, a white professor at the University of Virginia. In his federal complaint Fleming pursued several aspects of a libel action which he had previously lost as a defendant in a Virginia state court. We affirm the district court...

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