United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
2d 344
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South
Carolina, at Charleston. David C. Norton, District Judge. (CA-88-392-2-8)
ARGUED: William Choice Cleveland, Haynsworth, Marion, McKay &
Guerard, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellants.
Hamilton Osborne, Jr., Sinkler & Boyd, P.A., Columbia, South Carolina,
for Appellee Commercial Credit; Paul K. Stecker, Phillips, Lytle,
Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, Buffalo, New York, for Appellee Marine
Midland.
ON BRIEF: Manton M. Grier, Sinkler & Boyd, P.A., Columbia, South
Carolina, for Appellee Commercial Credit; Richard S. Rosen, Rosen,
Rosen & Hagood, Charleston, South Carolina, for Appellee Marine
Midland.
D.S.C.
Affirmed.
Before WILKINS, HAMILTON, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.
OPINION
PER CURIAM:
The case was originally referred to a magistrate judge for a report and
recommendation on defendants' motions for summary judgment. 28 U.S.C.
636(b). The district court adopted the report and recommendation in its entirety,
except that portion of the report which preserved a possible claim under the
North Carolina Unfair Trade Practices Act, N.C. Gen. Stat. 751.1. 28 U.S.C.
636(b)(1)(C). The district court determined that summary judgment should
also be granted as to this claim
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It is not entirely clear whether appellants have appealed the district court's entry
of judgment as to the tortious interference with stock and real estate ownership
claims. Little, if any, argument with respect to either claim was presented in the
briefs to this court or at oral argument. To the extent those claims are before the
court, we affirm the judgment on each for the reasons stated by the district
court