A. Bright Ariail, of Law Office of A. Bright Ariail, LLC of Charleston, for Petitioners. Andrew K. Epting, Jr. and Jaan Gunnar Rannik, both of Epting & Rannik, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent.

The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Palmetto Construction Group, LLC v. Restoration Specialists, LLC, 428 S.C. 261, 834 S.E.2d 204 (Ct. App. 2019). The Court will determine (1) whether the master-in-equity's order was immediately appealable and (2) whether Restoration Specialists waived its right to arbitration.

W. Mark White and Jeremy D. Melville, both of Spencer & Spencer, P.A., of Rock Hill, for Petitioner. Richard B. Fennell, of James, McElroy & Diehl, P.A., of Charlotte, North Carolina, for Respondent.

The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Ray v. City of Rock Hill, 428 S.C. 358, 834 S.E.2d 464 (Ct. App. 2019). The Court will determine whether the court of appeals erred in holding a genuine issue of material fact exists as to whether the City of Rock Hill engaged in an affirmative, positive, and aggressive act sufficient to support Respondent's inverse condemnation claim.

James Richard Battle, II of Battle Law Firm, LLC of Conway, for Appellant. Benjamin Alexander Hyman, of The Hyman Law Group, PA, of Conway, Daniel L. Alban and Robert Frommer, both of Institute for Justice, of Arlington, Virginia, for Respondents. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General W. Jeffrey Young, Solicitor General Robert D. Cook, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Harley Littleton Kirkland and Assistant Attorney General Leon David Leggett, III, all of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae Attorney General Alan Wilson. Susan King Dunn and Shirene Carole Hansotia, both of Charleston, Jeremiah Williams and Jonathan Ference-Burke, both of Ropes & Gray, LLP of Washington, DC, Caitlin M. Giaimo, of Ropes & Gray, LLP of New York, Olga Akselrod, Leah Watson and Amreeta Susy Mathai, all of American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of New York, for Amici Curiae American Civil Liberties Union Foundation, American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina Foundation, National Federation of Independent Business, South Carolina Appleseed Legal Justice Center, South Carolina for Criminal Justice Reform, Root & Rebound and Project Not A Statistic. Jeffery P. Dunlaevy, of Dunlaevy Law Firm, of Greenville, Robert Daniel Alt and Jay R. Carson, both of Columbus, Ohio, for Amicus Curiae The Buckeye Institute and Americans for Prosperity Foundation- South Carolina.

Appellant challenges an order of the circuit court finding South Carolina's forfeiture statutes (S.C. Code Ann. §§ 44-53-520 and -530) are unconstitutional because (1) they violate the prohibition on excessive fines in the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, section 15 of the South Carolina Constitution, and (2) they violate due process under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and article I, section 3 of the South Carolina Constitution, by placing a burden on the property owner to prove his or her innocence, incentivizing forfeiture officials to pursue forfeiture actions, and failing to provide for judicial review or authorization prior to or subsequent to the seizure.

Keith M. Babcock and Ariail E. King, both of Lewis Babcock, of Columbia, for Appellants. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Solicitor General Robert D. Cook and Deputy Solicitor General J. Emory Smith, Jr., all of Columbia and Sarah P. Spruill, of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, of Greenville, for Respondents.

This appeal involves a constitutional challenge to the South Carolina Development Impact Fee.