PAINTER'S MILL GRILLE, LLC v. BROWN

No. 12-1357.

716 F.3d 342 (2013)

PAINTER'S MILL GRILLE, LLC, d/b/a Cibo's Bar & Grill; Alessandro Vitale; Sergio Vitale; Rinaldo "Aldo" Vitale, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Howard S. BROWN; 100 Painters Mill, LLC; David S. Brown Enterprises, Ltd; Carmella Bell; Marjorie A. Goodman and Maurice Offit, Personal Representatives of the Estate of Lee N. Sachs, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 24, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Richard Winelander , Baltimore, Maryland, for Appellants. Ramona Raula Cotca , Thompson O'Donnell LLP, Washington, D.C.; John S. Vander-Woude , Eccleston & Wolf PC, Hanover, Maryland, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Randall H. Norton , Thompson O'Donnell LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellees Howard S. Brown, 100 Painters Mill, LLC, and David S. Brown Enterprises, Ltd.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Niemeyer wrote the opinion, in which Judge DUNCAN and Judge FLOYD joined.


OPINION

NIEMEYER, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, we evaluate the legal sufficiency of a complaint filed by Painter's Mill Grille, LLC, the owner and operator of a restaurant in Owings Mills, Maryland, and its principals against the restaurant's landlord, 100 Painters Mill, LLC, and its agents. The complaint alleges that the landlord and its agents, motivated by racial animus, interfered with Painter's Mill Grille's business and its opportunity to sell the...

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