Marcus A. Manos and Manton M. Grier, both of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Columbia, for Appellant. Thomas H. Pope, III, of Newberry, for Intervenor-Appellant. James M. Brailsford, III, of Edisto Island, for Respondent.

The issue on appeal is whether Fairfield Electric Cooperative has the right to provide electric service to a Lowe’s store on a parcel of property which was recently annexed by the City of Camden.

Jean Perrin Derrick, of Lexington, for Appellant. W. Joseph Isaacs, of Isaacs & Alley, of Columbia, for Respondent.

This case addresses the issue of whether deliberate concealment of a marital asset constitutes extrinsic fraud.

Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Barbara R. Morgan, of Aiken, for Respondent.

Appellant claims the trial court erred by refusing to consider suspending his sentence. The trial judge declared he had no authority to suspend appellant’s sentence because a minimum sentence was provided by statute.

Stephanie Pendarvis McDonald, of Charleston and Mahlon E. Padgett, IV, of Bennettsville, for Appellant. J. Boone Aiken, III, of Aiken, Bridges, Nunn, Elliott & Tyler, P.A., of Florence, for Respondents.

In this action, Appellant appeals the circuit court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Respondents based on S.C. Code Ann. § 44-66-70(A).

Frank M. Cisa, of Cisa & Dodds, of Mt. Pleasant, for Appellant. H. Brewton Hagood, of Rosen, Rosen & Hagood, of Charleston, for Respondent Charleston County School District. Ryan A. Earhart, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Charleston, C. Mitchell Brown, of Nelson Mullins Riley and Scarborough, of Columbia, and Christopher J. Blake, of Raleigh, NC, all for Respondent Beers Skanska, Inc. n/k/a Skanska USA Building, Inc.

This appeal concerns the issues of whether a general contractor breached its contract with a subcontractor by disallowing the subcontractor to perform certain work on a project and whether the owner of the project intentionally interfered with the subcontractor’s contractual relations with the general contractor.

Jean Perrin Derrick, of Lexington, for Petitioner-Respondent. William E. Booth, III, of Booth Law Firm, of West Columbia, for Respondent-Petitioner. Catherine H. Garbee Griffin, of Baker, Ravenel & Bender, of Columbia, for Respondents.

This case involves a Statute of Frauds defense in an action to compel a land conveyance.

Samuel W. Outten and William J. Watkins, Jr., both of Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice, of Greenville, and John S. Nichols, of Bluestein and Nichols, of Columbia, for Appellant. Vinton D. Lide and Michael S. Pauley, both of Vinton D. Lide & Associates, of Lexington, for Respondent.

This case involves the issue of whether the circuit court erred by finding appellant in criminal contempt.

Judson K. Chapin, III, of Greenville, for Petitioners. Matthew Price Turner and Rhett D. Burney, both of Turner & Burney, of Laurens, for Respondent.

This Court granted certiorari to review the denial of Petitioners’ motion to compel arbitration. Petitioners challenge 1) the court of appeals’ failure to address the issue of whether an arbitrator or the court should decide whether an arbitration clause covered Respondents’ underlying claims, and 2) the court of appeals’ and circuit court’s denial of Petitioners’ motions to compel arbitration because the claims did not arise from a significant relationship between the parties.

Judson K. Chapin, III, of Greenville, for Petitioners. Matthew Price Turner and Rhett D. Burney, both of Turner & Burney, of Laurens, for Respondent.

This Court granted certiorari to review the denial of Petitioners’ motion to compel arbitration. Petitioners challenge 1) the court of appeals’ failure to address the issue of whether an arbitrator or the court should decide whether an arbitration clause covered Respondents’ underlying claims, and 2) the court of appeals’ and circuit court’s denial of Petitioners’ motions to compel arbitration because the claims did not arise from a significant relationship between the parties.

Michael H. Montgomery and Frank S. Potts, both of Montgomery, Patterson, Potts & Willard, of Columbia, for Petitioners. John E. Parker and Lee D. Cope, both of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, of Hampton, for Respondent.

This case involves the question of whether the respondent was required to arbitrate her tort claims pursuant to a previously executed arbitration agreement.

Deputy Chief Attorney for Capital Appeals Robert M. Dudek, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Attorney General Derrick K. McFarland, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Cecil Kelly Jackson, of Sumter, for Respondent.

This case involves the issue of whether the Court of Appeals erred by upholding the trial court’s refusal to suppress evidence found in the vehicle petitioner was driving.

Appellate Defender Aileen P. Clare, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, Berkeley County Public Defenders Patricia Ann Kennedy and Keshia V. White, both of Moncks Corner, for Appellant. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Assistant Attorney General Shawn L. Reeves, all of Columbia and Solicitor Ralph E. Hoisington, of Charleston, for Respondent.

In this direct criminal appeal, appellant raises two issues on appeal, that the trial court erred by: (1) admitting victim’s hearsay accusation in violation of the Confrontation Clause; and (2) denying his motion for a directed verdict.

Ronald J. Jebaily, of Jebaily Law Firm, of Florence, Helen Tyler McFadden, of Kingstree, and John S. Nichols, of Bluestein & Nichols, of Columbia, for Appellant. Clinch H. Belser, Jr., and Michael J. Polk, both of Belser & Belser of Columbia, for Respondent Terminex Service, Inc. Christopher J. Daniels, Carl B. Epps, III, and William C. Wood, Jr., all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, and Dean T. Barnhard, of Barnes & Thornburg, of Indianapolis, IN, for Respondent Dow/Elanco, Inc.

This case addresses the issues of whether the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act, 7 U.S.C. §§ 136-136y, preempted Appellant’s state law claims for strict liability, negligence, breach of warranty, misrepresentation, and fraud by concealment against Respondents; and whether Appellant’s claims were barred by the applicable statute of limitations.

Chief Attorney Joseph L. Savitz, III, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Attorney General William Edgar Salter, III, all of Columbia, and Solicitor John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.

The Court granted certiorari to consider an unpublished Court of Appeals’ decision applying Rule 609 (a)(1), SCRE.