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GAITERS v. LYNN

No. 87-3013.

831 F.2d 51 (1987)

Ceasar GAITERS, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Loretta LYNN, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 13, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sa'ad El-Amin, Richmond, Va., for plaintiff-appellant.

J. Alvernon Smith, Jr., Samuel Baronian, Jr. (Smith, Baronian, Blank, Isaacs & Hinton, Richmond, Va., on brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before WINTER, Chief Judge, PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge, and KELLAM, Senior United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

JAMES DICKSON PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge:

Ceasar Gaiters, Jr. appeals a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia dismissing on the merits his diversity claim against appellee Loretta Lynn for intentional infliction of emotional distress. The claim arose out of allegedly racially disparaging comments Lynn addressed publicly to Gaiters during her performance in the Richmond Coliseum, where Gaiters served as a security guard. We...

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