Donnell G. Jennings and R. Hawthorne Barrett, both of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, P.A., of Columbia, for Petitioner. Stephen B. Samuels and Joseph R. Dasta, both of McWhirter, Bellinger & Associates, of Lexington, for Respondents.

The Court granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision in Lee v. Bunch, Op. No. 2004-UP-550 (S.C. Ct. App. filed October 27, 2004). This case arises out of an automobile accident and involves cross-appeals regarding the admission of plaintiff’s blood-alcohol level and wife’s loss of consortium claim.

Susan P. MacDonald, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Myrtle Beach, for Appellant Canal Industries, Inc. Andrew C. English and Michael W. Tighe, both of Callison Tighe & Robinson, LLP, of Columbia, for Appellant Prutimber Fund Two Limited Partnership. Lynette Rogers Hedgepath, of Conway, for Respondent.

The Master-In-Equity ruled Respondent was the owner of certain real property in Horry County and awarded monetary damages to Respondent. Appellants argue the Master-In-Equity erred in: (1) failing to apply the “Forty-Year Lapse Statute,” S.C. Code Ann. § 15-3-380; (2) applying the law of boundaries; (3) failing to apply the statute of limitations when awarding damages; and (4) awarding treble damages to Respondent pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. § 16-11-615.

Disciplinary Counsel Henry B. Richardson, Jr., and Senior Assistant Disciplinary Counsel Barbara M. Seymour, both of Columbia, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Coming B. Gibbs, Jr., of Gibbs & Holmes, of Charleston, for Respondent.

This is an attorney discipline matter.

Russell S. Stemke, of Island Law Offices, of Isle of Palms, for Appellant. Emma Ruth Brittain and Matthew R. Magee, both of Thompson & Henry, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondent.

Plyler initiated suit against Burns and several other defendants, including the Horry County Probate Court concerning the administration of a conservatorship. The trial court granted Horry County Probate Court’s motion to dismiss, finding that Plyler’s causes of action were barred by the common law doctrine of judicial immunity and also by several exemptions to the waiver of sovereign immunity within the South Carolina Tort Claims Act. Plyler appeals the trial court’s decision.

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 Melody J. Brown, of Office of the Attorney General, and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, all of Columbia, for Respondent.

This criminal case involves the issues of whether the Court of Appeals erred by upholding (1) the trial court’s decision to admit evidence of two prior burglaries committed by petitioner, and (2) the trial court’s decision not to admit evidence of a police ruse designed to coerce petitioner into confessing.

Randall Scott Hiller, of Greenville, for Appellant. Harry Hancock, of Columbia, for Respondent.

The issue on appeal is whether Elephant, Inc., the owner of a Greenville bar, may be administratively punished for transferring alcohol to an under-aged confidential informant (CI), thereby violating S.C. Code Ann. Reg. § 7-200.4.

Jeffrey S. Patterson, Karl S. Bowers, Jr., and A. Mattison Bogan, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, for Appellant. Robert E. Stepp, Amy L. B. Hill and Roland M. Franklin, Jr., all of Sowell, Gray, Stepp & Laffitte, L.L.C., of Columbia, for Respondent.

Appellant argues the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of Respondent on the statute of limitations, laches, and the statute of frauds.

James S. Chandler, Jr., and Amy E. Armstrong, both of South Carolina Environmental Law Project, of Pawleys Island, for Petitioner. Kenneth C. Krawcheck, of Krawcheck & Davidson, of Charleston, for Respondent Wild Dunes Community Association. Carlisle Roberts, Jr., of Columbia, and Evander Whitehead, of Charleston, for Respondent South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.

The Court granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision in Smiley v. S.C. Dept. of Health and Envtl. Control, et al., No. 2005-UP-160 (S.C. Ct. App. filed March 7, 2005). This case involves plaintiff’s standing to contest a permit authorizing the excavation of sand from an intertidal beach.

James S. Chandler, Jr., and Amy E. Armstrong, both of South Carolina Environmental Law Project, of Pawleys Island, for Appellants. Ellison D. Smith, IV, of Smith, Bundy, Bybee & Barnett, of Mt. Pleasant, and James B. Richardson, Jr., of Columbia, for Respondent Park West Development, LLC. Carlisle Roberts, Jr., of Columbia, and Evander Whitehead, of Charleston, for Respondent South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Ocean and Coastal Resource Management.

In this case, appellants appeal the lower court’s ruling that they lacked standing to challenge the issuance of dock permits.

Joseph M. Ramseur, Jr., and Reid T. Sherard, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, of Greenville, for Petitioner. Robert M. Rosenfeld, of Porter & Rosenfeld, of Greenville, for Respondent.

This appeal involves a request to terminate or modify an alimony obligation. The court of appeals held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in denying the petitioner’s request to terminate or modify his alimony obligation, and this Court granted the petitioner’s request for a writ of certiorari.

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 S. Creighton Waters, all of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, and Solicitor Warren Blair Giese, of Columbia, for Respondent.

This murder case is before the Court on a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals to review evidentiary rulings and the refusal to give a requested charge on mere association.

C. Wade Cleveland, of Greenville, for Appellant. Matthew J. Kappel, of Greenville, for Respondent.

This is a school discipline case where the School District argues, inter alia, that the circuit court lacked the jurisdiction to reverse the school board’s decision to transfer the student.

Weston Adams, III, and Paul M. Koch, both of McAngus Goudelock & Courie, LLC, of Columbia, for Appellant. Marvin B. Poston, of Powell & Poston, of Aiken, and F. Craig Wilkerson, Jr., of Rock Hill, for Respondent.

This is an appeal from an order of the Master in Equity holding that the mortgage of Appellant should be marked satisfied, notwithstanding Appellant had received a judgment on a note received from Respondent, which judgment had not been paid.

Jay J. Hulst, of Williams & Hulst, of Moncks Corner, for Appellant. John Page Seibels, Jr., of The Seibels Law Firm, of Charleston, for Respondent.

Appellant argues the trial court erred in granting summary judgment in favor of Respondent based on a finding that the judgment in the underlying foreclosure action was not void, Respondent was a bona fide purchaser, and Appellant’s claim was barred by laches and waiver.

Deputy Chief Attorney for Capital Appeals Robert M. Dudek, 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, Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, all of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

In this case, the appellant raises the issues of 1) whether the trial court erred in admitting evidence of drugs with an allegedly defective chain of custody, and 2) whether the trial court should have declared a mistrial because the judge commented on facts of the case in the presence of the jury.