Legal Opinion
Jon-Karl Baldwin v. Appalachian Power Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided June 1, 1977No. 76-1735PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
Jon-Karl Baldwin brought a civil rights action against the Appalachian Power Company alleging that he was deprived of his property without due process of law by the power company’s erection of certain power line poles on his property. Baldwin sought compensatory and punitive damages as well as injunctive relief. The district court dismissed the complaint sua sponte, finding that Baldwin had failed to state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. It is from this judgment that Baldwin appeals.
Taking as true the allegation stated in Baldwin’s complaint, as we must, it appears that the Appalachian Power…
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