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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.