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November 2002 |
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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.
Wednesday, November 6, 2002 | ||||
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3561 The State, Respondent v. Therl Avery Taylor, Petitioner. Katherine Carruth Link, of Columbia; and South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Thomas E. Pope, of York, for Respondent.
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3562 Lora Cunningham, a minor by Guardian Ad Litem, Linda A. Grice, Respondent v. Helping Hands, Inc. and City of Aiken Department of Public Safety, Defendants, of whom Helping Hands, Inc. is Petitioner. Thomas C. Salane, of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Jefferson D. Turnipseed and Ilene Stacey King, both of Turnipseed & Associates, of Columbia, for Respondent.
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3563 The State, Respondent v. Regina D. McKnight, Appellant. C. Rauch Wise, of Greenwood; Jodie L. Kelley, Matthew Hersh, Oliver A. Sylvain, all of Jenner & Block, of Washington, DC; and Lynn M. Paltrow, of National Advocates for Pregnant Women, of New York, NY, for Appellant. Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, Senior Assistant Attorney General Norman Mark Rapoport, all of Columbia; and Solicitor John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent. Susan King Dunn, of Charleston; Judith K. Appel and Daniel N. Abrahamson, both of The Lindesmith Center, of Oakland, CA, for Amici Curiae South Carolina Medical Association, South Carolina Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors, American Nurses Association, National Association of Social Workers, Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs and Institute for Health and Recovery, The South Carolina Nurses Association, The American Society of Addiction Medicine, The American Academy of Addiction Psychiatry, and the Association of Reproductive Health Professionals. Joseph McCulloch, of Columbia; William S. Bernstein, of New York, NY, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Primary Health Care Association.
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Thursday, November 7, 2002 | ||||
Arguments on November 7, 2002 will be held at the Greenville County Courthouse | ||||
09:00 a.m. | ||||
3565 Barbara M. Robinson and Timothy M. Robinson, of whom Barbara M. Robinson is the Petitioner v. Venture Capital, Inc., KML Holdings, Inc. and The City of Greenville, Respondents. Jeffrey Falkner Wilkes, of Meglic & Wilkes, of Greenville; and David D. Armstrong, of Armstrong Law Firm, of Greenville, for Petitioner. W. Howard Boyd, of Gallivan, White & Boyd, of Greenville; and James L. Rogers, Jr., of Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann, of Greenville, for Respondents.
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3564 John Doe and Jane Doe, Petitioners v. The Ward Law Firm, P.A., Respondent. IN RE: S. Doe (10-28-83) James Fletcher Thompson, of Spartanburg, for Petitioners. Robert Eric Davis, of Ward Law Firm, of Spartanburg, for Respondent. Elizabeth A. Sumner, of North Charleston, Guardian ad Litem.
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3566 Woodrow F. Clark and Nadine M. Clark, Respondents v. Greenville County, Petitioner. Moffatt G. McDonald, of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, of Greenville, for Petitioner. T. S. Stern, Jr., and Douglas F. Patrick, both of Covington, Patrick, Hagins, Stern & Lewis, of Greenville, for Respondents.
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Tuesday, November 19, 2002 | ||||
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3567 Marguerite A. Bakala, Respondent v. Zdenek Bakala, Appellant. (3 cases) John Barry Kern, of Charleston; and Fleet Freeman, of Freeman & Freeman, of Mt. Pleasant, for Appellant. Robert N. Rosen, Donald B. Clark, both of Rosen, Rosen & Hagood, of Charleston; and Alexandra DeJarnette Varner, of Mt. Pleasant, for Respondent.
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3568 Greenville County, Respondent v. Kenwood Enterprises, Inc. and Elephant, Inc., d/b/a Platinum Plus, and Ken Wood, Appellants. Greenville County, Respondent v. HH&M, Inc. and First Five Management, Inc., d/b/a Heartbreakers, Appellants. Greenville County, Respondent v. Pretty Woman, Inc., Appellant. Randall Scott Hiller, of Greenville; and Harry T. Heizer, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellants Kenwood Enterprises, Inc., Elephant, Inc. and Ken Wood. Robert C. Childs and Laura W. H. Teer, both of Mitchell, Bouton, Yokel & Childs, of Greenville, for Appellants HH&M, Inc & First Five Management, Inc., etc. Suzanne E. Coe, of Atlanta, GA, for Appellant Pretty Woman, Inc. W. Howard Boyd, Jr., Ronald K. Wray, II and Andrea M. Hawkins, all of Gallivan, White & Boyd, of Greenville, for Respondent.
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3569 Ronald F. Gardner, Daryl S. Gardner, Nancy D. Helton a/k/a Nancy Foster, Robert S. Helton, James R. Bonner, David A. Hart, W. Denise Reeder, George R. Donnels, Patricia C. Donnels and Shunda Cureton, Respondents v. South Carolina Department of Revenue, Woodruff-Roebuck Water District, Spartanburg Regional Medical Center, B.J. Workman Memorial Hospital, Gaffney Board of Public Works, Laurens County Hospital, Greenville Hospital System, Self Memorial Hospital, the Municipal Association of South Carolina, the South Carolina Association of Counties and all related affiliates and subsidiaries of such entities and all other entities in the State of South Carolina that have purported to avail themselves of any provision of the South Carolina Setoff Debt Collection Act, Defendants/Appellants and Abbeville County Memorial Hospital, Allendale County Hospital, Bamberg County Hospital, Barnwell County Hospital, Beaufort Memorial Hospital, Charleston Memorial Hospital, Chester County Hospital, Clarendon Memorial Hospital, Edgefield County Hospital, Fairfield Memorial Hospital, Hampton Regional Medical Center, Kershaw County Medical Center, Lexington County Health Services District, Inc., d/b/a Lexington Medical Center, Loris Community Hospital, Marion County Medical Center, Newberry County Memorial Hospital, Palmetto Health Alliance as assignee of Richland Memorial Hospital, and the Regional Medical Center of Orangeburg and Calhoun Counties, Intervenors/Appellants. Harry T. Cooper, Jr., Ronald W. Urban and Joe S. Dusenbury, Jr., all of S.C. Department of Revenue and Taxation, of Columbia, for Appellant S.C. Department of Revenue. Edwin C. Haskell, III, of Smith & Haskell, of Spartanburg, for Appellants Spartanburg Regional Medical Center and B.J. Workman Memorial Hospital. James R. Thompson, of Saint-Amand, Thompson & Brown, of Gaffney, for Appellant Gaffney Board of Public Works. J. Michael Turner, of Turner, Able & Burney, of Laurens, for Appellant Laurens County Hospital. H. Sam Mabry, III, J. D. Quattlebaum and Matthew P. Utecht, all of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, of Greenville, for Appellant Greenville Hospital System. Steven M. Pruitt, of McDonald, Patrick, Tinsley, Baggett & Poston, of Greenwood, for Appellant Self Memorial Hospital. Robert E. Stepp, Elizabeth Van Doren Gray, both of Sowell, Gray, Stepp & Laffitte, of Columbia; and H. Spencer King, of Leatherwood, Walker, Todd & Mann, of Spartanburg, for Appellant Municipal Association of South Carolina. Thornwell F. Sowell, III, of Sowell, Gray, Stepp & Laffitte, of Columbia, for Appellant S.C. Association of Counties. William C. Hubbard and Dwight Drake, both of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, for Appellants S.C. Public Service Authority, et al. C. Mitchell Brown and B. Rush Smith, III, both of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia, for Intervenors/Appellants. Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Deputy Attorney General Treva G. Ashworth and Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr, all of Columbia, for Appellants State Class Defendants. James R. Allen, of Barnes, Alford, Stork & Johnson, of Columbia, for Appellant State Education Assistance Authority. David L. Morrison, of Davidson, Morrison & Lindemann, of Columbia, for Appellants City of Irmo, et al. Michael N. Duncan, of The Whiteside-Smith Firm, of Spartanburg, for Appellants City of Chesne, City of Cowpens and City of Wellford. Edwin E. Evans and Henry J. White, both of Columbia, for Appellants State Budget and Control Board and S.C. Retirement System. Nancy T. Hobbs, of McDonald, Patrick, Tinsley, Baggett & Poston, of Greenwood, for Appellants Erskine College and Greenwood Commissioners of Public Works. Steve A. Matthews, Manton M. Grier and Philip Florence, Jr., all of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, of Columbia, for Appellants Unnamed Defendants "Local Entity Class Member Defendants". D. Garrison Hill, of Hill and Hill, of Greenville, for Appellants Greer Commission of Public Works and Seneca Light and Water Plant. Emma Ruth Brittain, of The Thompson Law Firm, of Myrtle Beach, for Appellant Claflin University. Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., and Sam G. Stathos, both of Richardson, Plowden, Carpenter & Robinson, of Columbia, for Appellants Morris College, Newberry College and Voorhees College. Thomas W. Bunch, II, of Robinson, McFadden & Moore, of Columbia, for Richland County Class Action. Wilburn Brewer, Jr., and Thomas C.R. Lagare, Jr., both of Nexsen, Pruet, Jacobs & Pollard, of Columbia, for Appellants 42 Class Defendants. James W. Sheedy and W. Chaplin Spencer, Jr., both of Spencer & Spencer, of Rock Hill, for Appellants Housing Authority for the City of Rock Hill, et al. David S. Black, of Howell, Gibson & Hughes, of Beaufort, for Appellants Beaufort County EMS. Patrick E. Knie, of Spartanburg; and Kenneth C. Anthony, Jr., of Spartanburg, for Respondents Ronald Gardner, et al.
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Wednesday, November 20, 2002 | ||||
09:30 a.m. | ||||
3570 Case No. 1999-CP-42-367 - Walker Scott Russell, Plaintiff v. Wachovia Bank, N.A. as Putative Trustee of the Alleged Donald Stuart Russell Revocable Trust and as Putative Trustee of the Alleged Donald Stuart Russell Irrevocable Trust; Virginia U. Russell; Donald S. Russell, Jr.; Mildred Russell Williams Neiman; John R. Russell; Thaddeus Russell Williams; Virgina Carol Williams; and Cecilia Frances Williams, Defendants. Case No. 1999-CP-42-408 - Mildred R. Neiman, Plaintiff v. Wachovia Bank, N.A. as Personal Representative of the Estate of Donald S. Russell, Sr., Virginia C. Williams, T. Russell Williams, Cecilia F. Williams, Virginia U. Russell, Donald S. Russell, Jr., W. Scott Russell, and John R. Russell,Defendants. Case No. 1999-CP-42-1358 - Mildred R. Neiman, Plaintiff v. Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Donald S. Russell Williams, Sr., Virginia C. Williams, T. Russell Williams, Cecilia F. Williams, Virginia U. Russell, Donald S. Russell, Jr., W. Scott Russell, and John R. Russell, Defendants. AND In The Matter of the Estate of Donald S. Russell, Deceased, Walker Scott Russell, Petitioner v. Virginia U. Russell; Donald S. Russell, Jr.; Mildred Russell Williams Neiman; John R. Russell; and Wachovia Bank, N.A. as Personal Representative, Respondents, and Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Donald S. Russell, deceased, Respondent/Third Party Petitioner v. Virginia Williams, Russell Williams, Cecilia Williams, Walker Scott Russell, Jr., and Grace Johnson Russell, Third Party Respondents, of whom Walker Scott Russell, a/k/a W. Scott Russell is Respondent/Appellant, Mildred Russell Williams Neiman, a/k/a Mildred R. Neiman is Appellant/Respondent,and Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Donald S. Russell, deceased; Virginia U. Russell; Donald S. Russell, Jr.; John R. Russell; Thaddeus Russell Williams, a/k/a T. Russell Williams, a/k/a Russell Williams; Virginia Carol Williams, a/k/a Virginia C. Williams, a/k/a Virginia Williams; and Cecilia Frances Williams, a/k/a Cecilia F. Williams, are Respondents. Joseph M. McCulloch, Jr., of Columbia, for Appellant-Respondent. Leo A. Dryer, Jr., of Dryer Law Firm, of Columbia; and J. Neil Robinson, of Robinson Law Office, of Charlotte, NC, for Respondent-Appellant. Thomas E. McCutchen and Hoover C. Blanton, both of McCutchen, Blanton, Rhodes & Johnson, of Columbia, for Respondents T. Russell Williams, Virginia Williams and Cecilia Williams. Stanley T. Case and Edward G. Smith, both of Butler, Means, Evins & Browne, of Spartanburg, for Respondent Wachovia Bank. R. Ray Dennis, of Dennis, Shaw & Drennan, of Spartanburg, for Respondents Donald S. Russell and John Russell. G. Dewey Oxner, Jr., and Moffatt G. McDonald, both of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, of Greenville, for Respondent Virginia U. Russell.
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3571 Allen Lee Hawkins and Gryphon Inc., Respondents v. Bruno Yacht Sales, Inc., Beaufort County, a Political Subdivision of the State of South Carolina, and Joy Logan in the capacity of Treasurer for Beaufort County, South Carolina, Petitioners. Stephen P. Hughes and Mary B. Lohr, both of Howell, Gibson & Hughes, of Beaufort, for Petitioners Beaufort County and Joy Logan, etc. Stephen P. Groves, Sr., and Stephen L. Brown, both of Young, Clement, Rivers & Tisdale, of Charleston; and John Hughes Cooper, of Sullivan's Island, for Petitioner Bruno Yacht Sales. Julius H. Hines, of Buist, Moore, Smythe & McGee, of Charleston, for Respondents.
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3573 South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs, Petitioner v. Rent-A-Center, Inc., a/k/a Thorn Americas, Inc., Respondent. Helen Fennell and Danny R. Collins, both of South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Thomas H. Pope, III, of Pope and Hudgens, of Newberry, for Respondent.
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Thursday, November 21, 2002 | ||||
09:30 a.m. | ||||
3575 The Father, Petitioner v. South Carolina Department of Social Services, Respondent. In Re: Child 1, born 01/19/84, Child 2, born 09/26/86 Debbie Sue Mollycheck, of Rock Hill; and Connie H. Payne, of Burnette & Payne, of Rock Hill, for Petitioner. Susan Lynn Anderson, of Columbia; and W. Allen Nickles, III, of Gergel, Nickles & Solomon, of Columbia, for Respondent. Tony Miller Jones, of Elrod, Jones, Leader & Benson, of Rock Hill, Guardian ad Litem.
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3578 Boulevard Development and St. John's Inn, Respondents v. The City of Myrtle Beach, Petitioner. Frances I. Cantwell and William B. Regan, both of Regan & Cantwell, of Charleston, for Petitioner. Howell V. Bellamy, Jr., and Douglas M. Zayicek, both of Bellamy, Rutenberg, Copeland, Epps, Gravely & Bowers, of Myrtle Beach, for Respondents.
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Tommie Cooper, Petitioner v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. |
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Assistant Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, of Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Chief Capital and Collateral Litigation Donald E. Zelenka, Assistant Deputy Attorney General B. Allen Bullard, Jr., and Assistant Attorney General Douglas E. Leadbitter, all of Columbia, for Respondent. |
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Clifton E. Harris, Respondent v. State of South Carolina, Petitioner. |
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Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General B. Allen Bullard, Jr., and Assistant Attorney General William Bryan Dukes, all of Columbia, for Petitioner. Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, of Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Respondent. |
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Roger Coats, Petitioner v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. |
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Harry Leslie Devoe, Jr., of New Zion, for Petitioner. Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General B. Allen Bullard, Jr., and Assistant Attorney General William Bryan Dukes, all of Columbia, for Respondent. |
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Leonard Austin, Petitioner v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. |
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Assistant Appellate Defender Tara S. Taggart, of Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General B. Allen Bullard, Jr., and Assistant Attorney General William Bryan Dukes, all of Columbia, for Respondent. |