John F. Floyd; Gordon Farms, Inc. v. City of Spartanburg, South Carolina

UNPUBLISHED
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT
No. 24-1255
JOHN F. FLOYD; GORDON FARMS, INC.,
Plaintiffs - Appellees,
v.
CITY OF SPARTANBURG, SOUTH CAROLINA,
Defendant - Appellant.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina, at
Spartanburg. Jacquelyn Denise Austin, Magistrate Judge.1 (7:20-cv-01305-JDA)
Submitted: January 13, 2025 Decided: March 18, 2025
Before THACKER and HARRIS, Circuit Judges, and Elizabeth W. HANES, United States
District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.
Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.
ON BRIEF: Joseph O. Smith, Joshua J. Hudson, Greenville, South Carolina, Robert P.
Coler, SMITH HUDSON LAW, LLC, Spartanburg, South Carolina, for Appellant. Giles
M. Schanen, Jr., Elizabeth C. Edmonson, MAYNARD NEXSEN PC, Greenville, South
1 Jacquelyn Denise Austin was a magistrate judge at the time she decided this case.
She has since been commissioned as a district court judge.

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Carolina, for Appellees.
Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

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PER CURIAM:
The question on appeal is whether the magistrate judge2 below erred in finding that
the parties, John Floyd, on behalf of himself and Gordon Farms, and the City of
Spartanburg, South Carolina, entered into an enforceable oral contract. Spartanburg
appeals the opinion and order of the magistrate judge granting judgment in favor of Floyd
and Gordon Farms. The magistrate judge held a four day trial, made extensive factual and
legal findings, and found that there was an enforceable contract. We agree. We have
reviewed the record and find no reversible error.
Accordingly, we affirm the magistrate judge’s opinion and order. Floyd v. City of
Spartanburg, No. 7:20-cv-01305-JDA (D.S.C., September 30, 2023). We dispense with
oral argument because the facts and legal contentions are adequately presented in the
materials before this court and argument would not aid the decisional process.
AFFIRMED
2 The parties consented to a bench trial before a United States magistrate judge.

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