John W. Carrigg, Jr, of Irmo, for Petitioners. Jonathan Matthew Harvey, of Columbia, Lawrence B. Orr, of Orr & Ervin, LLC, of Florence, Stephanie G. Flynn and Phillip E. Reeves, of Gallivan, White & Boyd, PA, of Greenville, for Respondents.

The issues in this case involve whether the court of appeals correctly affirmed a motion for summary judgment in claims for fraud and negligent misrepresentation.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Assistant Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr., of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, and Solicitor Edgar Lewis Clements, III, of Florence, for Petitioner. Appellate Defender Tristan M. Shaffer, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The Court granted the State’s petition to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in State v. Fonseca, 383 S.C. 640, 681 S.E.2d 1 (Ct. App. 2009).

Disciplinary Counsel Lesley M. Coggiola and Deputy Disciplinary Counsel Barbara M. Seymour, of Columbia, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. William Gary White, III, of Columbia, Pro se Respondent.

This is an attorney disciplinary matter.

Paul E. Tinkler and Joshua P. Stokes, of Charleston, for Appellant. Eduardo Kelvin Curry, of North Charleston, for Respondent.

In this case, the Court considers an appeal from a ruling by the family court.

Frances I. Cantwell, of Regan & Cantwell, of Charleston, Adelaide S. Andrews and Susan J. Herdina, of Charleston, Charlton DeSaussure, Jr., of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., of Charleston and Timothy A. Domin, of Clawson & Staubes, LLC, of Charleston, for Appellants. Bonum S. Wilson, IV, of Wilson & Heyward, of James Island and Trent M. Kernodle and David A. Root, of Kernodle, Root & Coleman, of James Island, for Respondents. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster and Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae, Office of the Attorney General.

In this appeal, Appellants challenge the constitutionality of the statutes pertaining to municipal incorporation and allege Respondents have failed to comply with those portions of the statutes that are valid.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster and Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., of Office of the Attorney General, and Carlisle Roberts, Jr., all of Columbia, and Davis Arjuna Whitfield-Cargile, of Charleston, for Appellants. Mary D. Shahid and R. Cody Lenhardt, Jr., both of McNair Law Firm, of Charleston, for Respondent.

This case is an appeal from an action to quiet title where the Master-in-Equity determined that Respondent, the record owner of a fifteen acre island located in Beaufort County, held fee simple title, superior to the State of South Carolina, Appellant, who claims ownership to the island pursuant to the presumption that the State owns all islands situated within the marshlands. This Court will decide whether this island is an island subject to the presumption of state ownership pursuant to Coburg Inc. v. Lesser, 309 S.C. 252, 422 S.E.2d 96 (1992).

Appellate Defender LaNelle Cantey DuRant, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Appellant. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Assistant Attorney General Deborah R.J. Shupe, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, and Solicitor I. McDuffie Stone, III, of Beaufort, for Respondent.

This criminal appeal raises several abuse of discretion issues.

Capers G. Barr, III, of Barr Unger & McIntosh LLC, of Charleston, for Petitioner. R. Bentz Kirby, of Orangeburg, for Respondent.

This Court granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision in Judy v. Judy, 383 S.C. 1, 677 S.E.2d 213 (Ct. App. 2009), in which the Court of Appeals found res judicata barred Petitioner’s tort suit for waste of real property.

Gregg Meyers, of Charleston, for Appellants. A. Peter Shahid, Jr. and David K. Haller, both of Charleston, and Lawrence E. Richter, Jr., of Mt. Pleasant, for Respondents.

In this direct appeal, Appellants argue the circuit court erred in denying several motions related to the enforcement of a settlement agreement.

Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek and Senior Appellate Defender Joseph L. Savitz, III, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Assistant Attorney General Deborah R. J. Shupe, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, and Solicitor Scarlett Anne Wilson, of Charleston, for Respondent.

In this case, the Court will consider whether a defendant is entitled to a directed verdict of acquittal on a charge of burglary when has an ownership interest in the premises burglarized but was ousted by his co-tenant prior to the alleged incident.

Jean Perrin Derrick, of Lexington, for Appellant. J. Mark Taylor, of Moore, Taylor & Thomas, P.A., of West Columbia, and Katherine Carruth Goode, of Winnsboro, for Respondent.

The custodial parent appeals the family court’s dismissal of her claim for college expenses for an emancipated adult child. The family court found that requiring a non-custodial parent to pay college expenses for an emancipated adult child violates the Equal Protection Clause. Further, the custodial parent argues the family court erred (1) in awarding the non-custodial parent a credit for alleged overpayment of child support, (2) in setting the current support for the remaining minor child, and (3) in failing to award the custodial parent attorney’s fees.

Russell S. Stemke, of Isle of Palms, for Appellant. Regina Hollins Lewis of Gaffney Lewis & Edwards, of Columbia, for Respondent.

This appeal addresses whether the circuit court properly granted summary judgment in favor of respondent Wal-Mart, finding Wal-Mart could not be civilly liable for failing to report suspected child abuse.

Attorney General Alan Wilson, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott and Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, and Solicitor William B. Rogers, Jr., of Bennettsville, for Petitioner. Appellate Defender Elizabeth A. Franklin-Best, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent.

This Court granted the State’s petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in State v. Hatcher, 384 S.C. 372, 681 S.E.2d 925 (Ct. App. 2009). The State argues the Court of Appeals erred in reversing the defendant’s conviction and sentence for distribution of crack cocaine and distribution of crack cocaine within one-half mile of a public park on the ground the State failed to establish a sufficient chain of custody for the drug evidence.

David E. Massey, Summer C. Tompkins and Debra Sherman Tedeschi, all of Columbia, for Petitioner. Stephen G. Morrison, C. Mitchell Brown and Susan M. Glenn, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The Court granted certiorari to consider whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the trial court’s decision not to strike a juror for cause.

John J. Kerr and Charles J. Baker, of Buist, Moore, Smythe & McGee, of Charleston, for Appellant. Kenneth L. Childs, Kathryn Long Mahoney and John M. Reagle, of Childs & Halligan, P.A., of Columbia, for Respondent. Jay Bender, of Baker, Ravenel & Bender, L.L.P., of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae.

This case discusses the scope of the attorney-client privilege as an exemption to disclosure for requests of information under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act.