Wardlaw v. United States

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Wardlaw v. United States, 4 F.3d 988 (4th Cir. 1993)
1993 U.S. App. LEXIS 38000; 1993 WL 347474

Wardlaw v. United States

Opinion

4 F.3d 988

NOTICE: Fourth Circuit I.O.P. 36.6 states that citation of unpublished dispositions is disfavored except for establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case and requires service of copies of cited unpublished dispositions of the Fourth Circuit.
FRANCES M. WARDLAW, Plaintiff-Appellant,
and
Margaret KLUGH; Katherine Klugh Maultsby; Mary Klugh
Garner; John Bradley Klugh; William W. Bradley, III;
Frederick H. Bradley; Patrick H. Bradley; Edna Bradley
Troxell; Mabel Bradley Payne; Mary Bradley Pressly; Thomas
R. Bradley; William T. Bradley; Margaret Bradley Poole;
David W. Bradley; John T. Bradley, Jr.; Mark E. Bradley,
Jr.; Elizabeth Bradley McGarity; Robert F. Bradley, III;
Thomas J. Bradley; Frances Wright Bradley, III; William R.
Bradley, II; Rufus A. Johnson, III; Mary Bradley Brown;
Margaret Bradley Shuford; Arthur L. Bradley; James B.
Bradley; Curtis L. Bradley; David J. Wardlaw; Martha
Wardlaw Buie; Foster Bradley Wardlaw, Jr.; Ivey Jean
Wardlaw Pressly; Robert S. Wardlaw; William W. Wardlaw;
Mildred E. Wardlaw; Mary Wardlaw Deason; Annie Wardlaw
Wright; John K. Bradley; Mary Bradley Miller; Martha
Bradley Moody; Frances Trenholm Bradley; Jane H. Bradley;
Martha B. Mayo; Robert F. Bradley, Jr.; Eustace U.
Bradley; Mary Bradley Cox; Frances Thompson Sheppard;
Sarah Emily Poole; Thomas Bradley Poole, Jr.; Lynn Reed
Bradley; Helen Tatum Bradley; Hugh W. Bradley; Carolyn
Ladd Bradley; Frances K. Bradley; John U. Wardlaw; Robert
Foster Bradley, IV; Renwick F. Bradley; Marsha Hill
Bradley; John Lyon Bradley; William Renwick Bradley;
Michale Bradley Burkhold; Joseph Daniel Shuford, Jr.; John
Vickery Shuford; Mary Seabrook Heath; Carolyn Bradley
Reed; William Curtis Bradley; Foster Bradley Wardlaw, III;
Ivey Jean Wardlaw; Lynn Bradley Woods; Marsha B. Brannen;
Mary B. Heath; Caroline Bradley Reed, Plaintiffs,
v.
UNITED STATES of America; Certain Lands Located in
Abbeville, Greenwood and McCormick Counties, South Carolina,
being a portion of the Estate of W. K. Bradley, deceased;
United States Department of Agriculture,
Defendants-Appellees.

No. 92-2580.

United States Court of Appeals,
Fourth Circuit.

(CA-73-95) Submitted: August 20, 1993.
Decided: September 7, 1993.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at Greenwood. Solomon Blatt, Jr., Senior District Judge.

Frances M. Wardlaw, Appellant Pro Se.

Katherine Leatherman Adams, United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

D.S.C.

DISMISSED.

Before WILKINS and LUTTIG, Circuit Judges, and BUTZNER, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

OPINION

1

Frances M. Wardlaw appeals the district court's order dismissing his claims challenging the validity of condemnation proceedings against certain property in South Carolina.* We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction because the order is not appealable. This Court may exercise jurisdiction only over final orders, 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291 (1988), and certain interlocutory and collateral orders, 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1292 (1988); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Industrial Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949). The order here appealed is neither a final order nor an appealable interlocutory or collateral order.

2

We dismiss the appeal as interlocutory. We dispense with oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials before the Court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

DISMISSED

*

The remaining Plaintiffs' claims still are pending in the district court

Reference

Full Case Name
Frances M. Wardlaw, and Margaret Klugh Katherine Klugh Maultsby Mary Klugh Garner John Bradley Klugh William W. Bradley, III Frederick H. Bradley Patrick H. Bradley Edna Bradley Troxell Mabel Bradley Payne Mary Bradley Pressly Thomas R. Bradley William T. Bradley Margaret Bradley Poole David W. Bradley John T. Bradley, Jr. Mark E. Bradley, Jr. Elizabeth Bradley McGarity Robert F. Bradley, III Thomas J. Bradley Frances Wright Bradley, III William R. Bradley, II Rufus A. Johnson, III Mary Bradley Brown Margaret Bradley Shuford Arthur L. Bradley James B. Bradley Curtis L. Bradley David J. Wardlaw Martha Wardlaw Buie Foster Bradley Wardlaw, Jr. Ivey Jean Wardlaw Pressly Robert S. Wardlaw William W. Wardlaw Mildred E. Wardlaw Mary Wardlaw Deason Annie Wardlaw Wright John K. Bradley Mary Bradley Miller Martha Bradley Moody Frances Trenholm Bradley Jane H. Bradley Martha B. Mayo Robert F. Bradley, Jr. Eustace U. Bradley Mary Bradley Cox Frances Thompson Sheppard Sarah Emily Poole Thomas Bradley Poole, Jr. Lynn Reed Bradley Helen Tatum Bradley Hugh W. Bradley Carolyn Ladd Bradley Frances K. Bradley John U. Wardlaw Robert Foster Bradley, IV Renwick F. Bradley Marsha Hill Bradley John Lyon Bradley William Renwick Bradley Michale Bradley Burkhold Joseph Daniel Shuford, Jr. John Vickery Shuford Mary Seabrook Heath Carolyn Bradley Reed William Curtis Bradley Foster Bradley Wardlaw, III Ivey Jean Wardlaw Lynn Bradley Woods Marsha B. Brannen Mary B. Heath Caroline Bradley Reed v. United States of America Certain Lands Located in Abbeville, Greenwood and McCormick Counties, South Carolina, Being a Portion of the Estate of W. K. Bradley, Deceased United States Department of Agriculture
Status
Unpublished