Robert T. Bockman, of McNair Law Firm, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Thomas H. Pope, III, and Kyle B. Parker, both of Pope and Hudgens, of Newberry, for Respondent Newberry Electric Cooperative, Inc. Frank R. Ellerbe, III, and Bonnie D. Shealy, both of Robinson, McFadden & Moore, of Columbia, for Respondent Wal-Mart Stores, et al. James Brailsford, III, of Edisto Island, for Amicus Curiae Municipal Association of South Carolina, et al.

G. Waring Parker, of Summerville, for Petitioner. William E. Hopkins, Jr., Hopkins & Campbell, of Columbia, for Respondents.

The issue in this case is whether the Court of Appeals erred in dismissing petitioner’s direct appeal as untimely.

Disciplinary Counsel Lesley M. Coggiola, of Columbia, for Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Joshua Kendrick, of Columbia, for Respondent.

This is an attorney disciplinary matter.

General Counsel Robert E. Bogan and Assistant General Counsel Rachel D. Erwin, both of South Carolina Department of Public Safety, of Blythewood, for Petitioner. Richard Pearce and Benjamin Moore, both of Aiken, for Respondents. R. Hawthorne Barrett and Danny C. Crowe, both of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae Municipal Association of South Carolina.

This Court granted the State’s petition for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in State v. Sweat, 379 S.C. 367, 665 S.E.2d 645 (Ct. App. 2008), in which the Court of Appeals interpreted section 56-5-4140 of the South Carolina Code, a statute regulating the maximum gross weight of vehicles driving on South Carolina roads.

Bradley Horace Smith, of Rudisill White & Kaplan, of Charlotte, NC, for Appellants. Amy Cofield, of Cofield Law Firm, of Lexington, for Respondent.

In this case, the Court determines whether the Circuit Court properly affirmed the Workers’ Compensation Commission’s holding that Appellants could not transfer their statutory liability to the SC Uninsured Employers’ Fund.

John Nichols, of Bluestein, Nichols, Thompson & Delgado, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Salley W. Elliott, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia, and Solicitor Christina Theos Adams, of Anderson, for Respondent.

J. Falkner Wilkes, of Greenville, for Petitioner. Adam Fisher, Jr., of the Fisher Law Firm, of Greenville, for Respondents.

The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review Tobias v. Rice, 379 S.C. 357, 665 S.E.2d 216 (Ct. App. 2008), in which the Court of Appeals affirmed the denial of Ruby Rice’s (Petitioner) motion to alter, amend or vacate the judgment against her.

W. N. Epps, Jr., and W. N. Epps, III, both of Epps, Nelson and Epps, of Anderson, for Petitioner. Hannah Rogers Metcalfe and Troy A. Tessier, both of Wyche Burgess Freeman & Parham, of Greenville, and John C. Moylan, III, of Wyche Burgess Freeman and Parham, of Columbia, for Respondent.

This case concerns whether an arbitration clause applies to a tort action premised on an alleged “bait and switch.”

Jerry Leo Finney, of The Finney Law Firm, 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 Columbia, and Solicitor Kevin Scott Brackett, of York, for Respondent

Julius Bowman appeals from an order denying his motion to vacate his guilty plea to trafficking in cocaine. Bowman challenges the office policy of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Solicitor of conditioning the plea offer on his agreement not to review the surveillance tapes made of the drug transaction in order to protect the identity of a Confidential Informant.

Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of South Carolina Commission on Indigent Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner/Respondent. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, all of Columbia, and Solicitor John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent/Petitioner.

The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals decision in State v. Frazier, 375 S.C. 575, 654 S.E.2d 280 (Ct. App. 2007) to review whether the Court of Appeals erred in reversing Petitioner’s armed robbery conviction and affirming Petitioner’s murder conviction.

William H. Davidson, II, and Andrew F. Lindemann, both of Davidson & Lindemann, of Columbia, for Appellant/Respondent. Robert P. Wood, of Rogers Townsend & Thomas, of Columbia, for Respondents/Appellants Bank of New York, Branch Banking & Trust Company and Deutsche Bank National Trust Company. T. Parkin Hunter and Jonathan B. Williams, both of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Respondent. Gerald M. Finkel, Sean A. O'Connor and Brendan P. Langendorfer, all of Finkel & Altman, of Charleston, for Respondent/Appellant GMAC. General Counsel Robert E. Lyon, Jr., and Staff Attorney M. Clifton Scott, Sr., both of South Carolina Association of Counties, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Association of Counties.

These are appeals from an order granting the South Carolina Judicial Department summary judgment in five consolidated tort suits brought by lending institutions that lost foreclosure proceeds as the result of embezzlement by an employee of a master-in-equity’s office.

Ernest Charles Grose, Jr., of Greenwood, Acting Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek and Appellate Defender LaNelle C. DuRant, both 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 Donald J. Zelenka, Assistant Attorney General Melody J. Brown, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Jerry W. Peace, of Greenwood, for Respondent.

This is an appeal from a capital trial.

James Richardson, Jr., of Columbia, for Petitioner. John R. C. Bowen, of Laughlin & Bowen, of Hilton Head Island, and Stephen Spitz, of Charleston, for Respondents.

We granted the petition of BillyBob’s Marina for a writ of certiorari to review the decision of the Court of Appeals in RV Resort and Yacht Club Owners Association v. BillyBob’s Marina, Inc., Op. No. 2007-UP-556 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Dec. 14, 2007). In this matter, the Court of Appeals held the special referee did not err in finding BillyBob’s Marina had breached certain covenants by failing to collect and/or remit to the Association three fees imposed for roads, electricity, and telephone access.

Appellate Defender Robert M. Pachak, 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 Salley W. Elliott, all of Columbia, and Solicitor John Gregory Hembree, of Conway, for Respondent.

The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals decision in State v. Grove, Op. No 2009-UP-278 (Ct. App. filed May 27, 2008). Petitioner argues the Court of Appeals erred in affirming the trial court’s denial of her directed verdict motion on a possession with intent to distribute charge.