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The summary below each case is prepared to offer lawyers and the public a general overview of what issues are included in a case which will be argued. The summary is not a limit on what issues a party to a case may present at oral argument.
Monday, September 10, 2018 | |
Courtroom I
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10:00 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10-10-5) |
2016-000963 Three Blind Mice, LLC, d/b/a The Blind Horse Saloon, Respondent,
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Colony Insurance Company, Appellant. Eric K. Englebardt of Wilson & Englebardt, LLC, of Greenville, for Appellant. David Grant Harris, II, of Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant. David L. Brown, of Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant. William W. Wilkins and Andrew A. Mathias, both of Nexsen Pruet, LLC of Greenville, for Respondent. Daniel Ray McCoy, Robert Curt Calamari, and Nicholas Andrew Charles. all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, for amicus curiae. Colony Insurance Company (Colony) appeals a circuit court order granting summary judgment to its insured, Three Blind Mice, LLC d/b/a The Blind Horse Saloon (the Blind Horse) on causes of action for breach of contract and bad faith denial of coverage. On appeal, Colony argues the circuit court erred in granting summary judgment (1) on the breach of contract action because the plain language of the contract excluded coverage, and (2) on the bad faith action because even if the contract provided coverage, Colony reasonably interpreted it to exclude coverage. |
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10:40 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10-10-5) |
2016-001214 Quicken Loans, Inc., Appellant,
v.
Wayne D. Wilson; Calvin O. Wilson, III; any other Heirs-in-Law or devisees of Ezekial (Ellen) T. Wilson, deceased, their heirs, personal representatives, administrators, successors and assigns, and all other persons entitled to claim through them; all unknown persons with any right, title or interests in the real estate described herein; also any persons who may be in a class designated as John Doe; any unknown minors or persons under a disability being a class designated as Richard Roe; Park Sterling Bank, Respondents. Benjamin Rush Smith, III, Carmen Harper Thomas, Brian Montgomery Barnwell, and Allen Mattison Bogan, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Columbia, for Appellant. Charles L. Dibble of Dibble Law Offices, of Columbia, for Respondents. Steven W. Hamm and Jo Anne Wessinger Hill, both of Richardson Plowden & Robinson, PA, of Columbia, for Respondents. Daniel Webster Williams of Bedingfield & Williams, of Barnwell, for Respondents C. Bradley Hutto, of Williams & Williams, of Orangeburg, for Respondents. Carolyn Grube Lybarker and Kelly Hunter Rainsford of SC Department of Consumer Affairs, for amicus curiae. In this foreclosure action, Quicken Loans, Inc. (Quicken) appeals the special referee's order granting Respondent's motion for partial summary judgment, arguing the special referee erred in (1) holding Quicken violated the Attorney Preference Statute (the Act); (2) finding Quicken's violations were unconscionable and provided a remedy under the Act; (3) failing to find Respondent's counterclaim was time-barred by the statute of limitations; (4) denying Quicken's jury trial demand and motion to amend the pleadings; and (5) relying on confidential information subject to a protective order in an unrelated case. |
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11:20 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10-10-5) |
2016-000958 Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Plaintiff,
v.
William R. Hudspeth, Marcia E. Hudspeth; TD Bank, N.A. s/b/m to Carolina First Bank; The Lender Group, Inc.; Business Carolina, Inc.; South Carolina Department of Revenue; Carapace, LLC; Wurth Wood Group, Inc.; The Estate of Harry William Boyd, by Joan L. Boyd, Personal Representative; Adecco USA, Inc., Defendants,
Of Whom TD Bank, N.A. successor by merger to Carolina First Bank is the Appellant,
and Of Whom The Lender Group, Inc. is the Respondent. Samuel Lindsay Carrington and James Martin Page, both of Bell Carrington & Price, LLC, of Columbia, for Appellant. Brett L. Messinger, of Cherry Hill, New Jersey, for Appellant. Christopher Lee Boguski and Robert B. Lewis, both of Rogers Lewis Jackson Mann & Quinn, LLC, of Columbia, for Respondent. In this civil matter, TD Bank, N.A., appeals the master-in-equity's order allocating the surplus proceeds from a foreclosure sale of a senior mortgage to The Lender Group, Inc. TD Bank argues the master erred when it allocated the surplus funds from the foreclosure sale to Lender Group, a third-priority judgment lienholder, before allocating the surplus funds to TD Bank, the second-priority lienholder and the purchaser at the foreclosure sale, because the priority of a lien attaches to the surplus funds before the foreclosure sale regardless of the purchaser's identity. |
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12:00 p.m. | (Time Limits: 10-10-5) |
2016-000419 Rosemary Connelly, Respondent,
v.
Winsor Custom Homes, LLC, Appellant. Stephen Lynwood Brown and Russell Grainger Hines, both of Young Clement Rivers, of Charleston, for Appellant. John A. Massalon and Christy Ford Allen, both of Wills Massalon & Allen, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent. This case arises out of injuries sustained by Rosemary Connelly while running on a sidewalk in front of a home under construction on Daniel Island. Winsor Custom Homes (Winsor) was the general contractor for the home. Connelly sued Winsor for negligence and a jury awarded Connelly $500,000. The jury found Connelly was 35% comparatively negligent and the trial judge reduced the award accordingly. Winsor appeals. |
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Wednesday, September 19, 2018 | |
Courtroom I
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2:00 p.m. | (Time Limits: 10-10-5) |
2016-000868 The State, Respondent,
v.
Marshell Hill, Appellant. Appellate Defender Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Attorney General David A. Spencer, both of Columbia, for Respondent. Solicitor William Walter Wilkins, III, of Greenville, for Respondent. Marshell Hill appeals his conviction of voluntary manslaughter, for which the trial court sentenced him to twenty-two years imprisonment. On appeal, Hill argues the trial court erred in (1) finding he was not in custody when he made an inculpatory statement to police, and (2) admitting a video recorded statement that he made during a custodial interrogation. |
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2:40 p.m. | (Time Limits: 10-10-5) |
2016-001642 Dish DBS Corporation, f/k/a EchoStar, DBS Corp., and Affiliates, Appellant,
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South Carolina Department of Revenue, Respondent. Burnet Rhett Maybank, III, and James Peter Rourke, both of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Columbia, for Appellant. William J. Condon, Jr., Nicole Martin Wooten, and Jason Phillip Luther, all of Columbia, for Respondent. Steve A. Matthews of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, PA, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. Charles T. Speth, II, of Ogletree Deakins Nash Smoak & Stewart, PC, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Chamber of Commerce. In this appeal from the Administrative Law Court (ALC), Dish DBS Corporation (Dish DBS) argues the ALC erred in (1) not excluding the expert testimony of Dr. Glenn Harrison, (2) finding South Carolina is not a pro rata cost of performance state and adopting a market share approach for apportioning multi-state income for corporate tax purposes, (3) disregarding Dish DBS's income producing activities, and (4) upholding the imposition of substantial understatement penalties on Dish DBS. |
Cases to be Submitted Without Oral Argument | |
2016-001684 |
Mykel Johnson, Petitioner,
v.
State of South Carolina, Respondent.
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2017-000686 |
Andra Jamison #337461, Appellant,
v.
South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondent.
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2016-001716 |
Kinjta Kadeem Sadler, Petitioner,
v.
State of South Carolina, Respondent.
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2016-001406 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Branden Joshua Kirby, Appellant.
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2017-000663 |
Dennis Davis #288558, Appellant,
v.
South Carolina Department of Probation, Parole and Pardon Services, Respondent.
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2015-001612 |
Sheldon Oakman, Petitioner,
v.
State of South Carolina, Respondent.
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2016-001759 |
Brice Di'Von Coley, Petitioner,
v.
State of South Carolina, Respondent.
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2016-002300 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Earnest Edward Vaughn, Sr., Appellant.
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2016-000415 |
Clinton Folkes, Petitioner,
v.
State of South Carolina, Respondent.
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2016-001574 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Gerald Dewayne Powell, Appellant.
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2016-000899 |
Marcus Skeeters, Petitioner,
v.
State of South Carolina, Respondent.
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2017-000748 |
Robert William Robertson, Appellant,
v.
Huddle House, Inc., Respondent.
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2015-002641 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Jason Scott Morton, Appellant.
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2016-002081 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Ardon Percival Cato, II, Appellant.
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2016-002254 |
Dennis Temple, Petitioner,
v.
State of South Carolina, Respondent.
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2017-001822 |
Justin Henderson, Petitioner,
v.
State of South Carolina, Respondent.
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2016-002159 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Nelson Hercules Castro, Appellant.
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2017-000147 |
Gloria Terry, Appellant,
v.
Robert L. Terry, Sr., Respondent.
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2016-001806 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Brittany Emoesha Epps, Appellant.
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2016-001128 |
Jarrod A.R. Villareal, Respondent,
v.
Maria M. M. Caspillan, Appellant.
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2016-001569 |
Andrew Scott, Petitioner,
v.
State of South Carolina, Respondent.
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2017-000907 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Carl Stanley Aiken, Appellant.
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2016-000657 |
Roshod M. Baker, Petitioner,
v.
State of South Carolina, Respondent.
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2016-002449 |
James Palmer, Appellant,
v.
Shamekia McCray, Respondent.
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2016-002175 |
Robert Deciero, Appellant,
v.
Horry County, State of South Carolina, Respondent.
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2016-000451 |
William G. Tucker, Respondent,
v.
Connie Lynn Batey, Appellant.
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2016-001744 |
Carrie Callaham, Petitioner,
v.
State of South Carolina, Respondent.
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2016-000739 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Kevin Alston, Appellant.
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2016-001429 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Christopher Marquavious Moore, Appellant.
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2016-000525 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Raymond L. Roberson, Appellant.
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2016-000559 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Jquan Marquel Scott, Appellant.
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2016-000973 |
Dr. Gregg Battersby, Appellant,
v.
Sheriff John Skipper, in his official capacity, Respondent.
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2017-000702 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Sidney Antoine Holmes, Appellant.
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2017-001061 |
Dion Taylor #335089, Appellant,
v.
South Carolina Department of Corrections, Respondent.
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2016-001737 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Timothy B. Cason, Appellant.
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2016-000965 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Jonathan Christian Hughes, Appellant.
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2017-000674 |
Lahitsha Hampton, Respondent,
v.
George Edward Willoughby, Richard Mann, and William Sherman, Defendants,
of Whom William Sherman is the Appellant.
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2016-002433 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Dajlia Symone Torbit, Appellant.
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2017-001408 |
James Thorpe, Employee, Claimant, Respondent,
v.
Town of Bowman, Employer, and State Accident Fund, Carrier, Appellants.
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2016-000887 |
Wayne Wells, Jr., Petitioner,
v.
State of South Carolina, Respondent.
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2016-001536 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Corey Andrew Brown, Appellant.
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2016-002099 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
O'Bryant Terrell Gladden, Appellant.
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2016-001553 |
Trey Williams, Respondent,
v.
State of South Carolina, Petitioner.
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2016-002102 |
Canadian River Farms, Ltd., Colt Farms, Inc., B C Farms, Inc. n/k/a B C Farms of South Carolina, Inc., and Outback Farms, Ltd., Respondents/Appellants,
v.
Beck J. Gonshorowski, The South Carolina Department of Transportation and Aiken County, South Carolina, a body politic and political subdivision of the State of South Carolina, Respondents,
Ex Parte: Carolyn Barrett, Robert Barrett and Save Windsor SC, Proposed Intervenors, Appellants/Respondents.
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2016-002031 |
Sammy Wiggins, Petitioner,
v.
State of South Carolina, Respondent.
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2016-002239 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Willia Jean Flowers, Appellant.
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2017-000526 |
The State, Respondent,
v.
Mary Helen Roberts, Appellant.
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