Houck & Sons, Inc. v. Transylvania County

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

DUPREE, District Judge.

Plaintiff, Houck & Sons, Inc. (“Houck”), filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging, among other claims since dismissed, a violation of the equal protection clause and appending a pendent state law claim for tortious interference with contractual relations. The action was tried at Asheville during the weeks of October 13 and 20, 1992, and the jury returned a verdict in favor of plaintiff on both remaining counts in the amount of $350,000. Presently before the court is defendants’ timely filed motion for judgment as a…