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November 2016 |
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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.
Monday, November 7, 2016 | |
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09:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10-10-5) |
2016-001199 In the Matter of William Dixon Robertson, III, Respondent. Disciplinary Counsel Lesley M. Coggiola and Deputy Disciplinary Counsel Barbara Marie Seymour, both of Columbia, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. A. Camden Lewis and Ariail Elizabeth King, both of Lewis Babcock LLP, of Columbia, for Respondent. This is an attorney disciplinary matter. |
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10:00 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10-10-5) |
2015-002063 Ruben Ramirez, Petitioner,
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State of South Carolina, Respondent. Deputy Chief Appellate Defender Wanda H. Carter, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson, Senior Assistant Attorney General Karen Christine Ratigan, and Assistant Attorney General James Clayton Mitchell, III, all of Columbia, for Respondent. The Court granted certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Ramirez v. State, 413 S.C. 351, 776 S.E.2d 101 (Ct. App. 2015). |
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10:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 15-15-5) |
2011-199626 Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC, Petitioner/Respondent,
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Stephen H. Peck, Thomas Moore, and Community Management Group, LLC, Respondents/Petitioners. Robert P. Wood, of Rogers Townsend & Thomas, of Columbia, for Petitioner/Respondent. Matthew E. Pecoy and Peter G. McGrath, of the McGrath Law Firm, of Mount Pleasant, for Respondents/Petitioners. The Court considers this case, brought in the Court's original jurisdiction, dealing with the unauthorized practice of law. |
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Wednesday, November 30, 2016 | |
Supreme Court Courtroom
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09:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10-10-5) |
2016-001527 In the Matter of Frank Barnwell McMaster, Respondent. Disciplinary Counsel Lesley M. Coggiola and Assistant Disciplinary Counsel Joseph P. Turner, both of Columbia, for the Office of Disciplinary Counsel. Frank Barnwell McMaster, of Columbia, pro se Respondent. This is an attorney discipline matter related to the facts giving rise to the interim suspension in In re McMaster, 407 S.C. 213, 755 S.E.2d 107 (2014). |
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10:00 a.m. | (Time Limits: 15-15-5) |
2015-001576 The State, Respondent/Petitioner,
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Venancio Diaz Perez, Petitioner/Respondent. Jason Scott Luck, of Seibels Law Firm, PA, of Charleston and Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Petitioner/Respondent. Attorney General Alan Wilson and Special Assistant Attorney General Amie L. Clifford, both of Columbia and Solicitor Scarlett A. Wilson, of Charleston, for Respondent/Petitioner. The Court granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in State v. Perez, Op. No. 2015-UP-217 (S.C. Ct. App. filed May 8, 2015). |
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10:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10-10-5) |
2015-002161 The State, Respondent,
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Kareem Harry, Petitioner. Meliah Bowers Jefferson, of Wyche, P.A, of Greenville and Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka and Assistant Attorney General J. Anthony Mabry, all of Columbia; and Solicitor Jimmy Richardson, of Conway, for Respondent. The Court reviews the court of appeals' decision in State v. Harry, 413 S.C. 534, 776 S.E.2d 387 (Ct. App. 2015). |
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Thursday, December 1, 2016 | |
Supreme Court Courtroom
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09:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10-10-5) |
2015-001967 Johnny Eades and Barbara Eades, Respondents,
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Palmetto Cardiovascular and Thoracic, PA; James M. Benner, MD; Mark J. Epler, MD; Trident Medical Center, LLC; Columbia/HCA Healthcare Corporation of South Carolina; HCA Healthcare-South Carolina; Trident Medical Center; Trident Health System; Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC; Trident Emergency Physicians; LLC; Brian R. Whirreth, MD; Patricia Campbell, MD; Christine E. McNeal, MD; Matthew Wallen, MD; Charleston Radiologists, PA; Joseph M. Mullaney, MD; Tri-County Radiology Associates, PA; and Troy Marlon, MD, Defendants,
Of whom Palmetto Primary Care Physicians, LLC and Trident Emergency Physicians, LLC are Petitioners. Thomas C. Salane and R. Hawthorne Barrett, both of Turner Padget Graham & Laney, PA, of Columbia; and Stephen L. Brown, D. Jay Davis and Russell Grainger Hines, all of Young Clement Rivers, LLP, of Charleston, for Petitioners. Gary Lane Cartee, of North Charleston, for Respondents. In this medical malpractice action, the Court reviews the court of appeals' decision to reverse the circuit court's granting of the petitioners' motion to dismiss. |
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2015-002221 The State, Respondent,
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Alphonso Chaves Thompson, Petitioner. Michael P. Scott, of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Charleston and Chief Appellate Defender Robert M. Dudek, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Assistant Attorney General Mark R. Farthing, both of Columbia, and Solicitor Barry J. Barnette, of Spartanburg, for Respondent. The Court granted certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in State v. Thompson, 413 S.C. 590, 776 S.E.2d 413 (Ct. App. 2015). |
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2016-000428 James Jefferson Jowers, Sr., Andrew J. Anastos, Ben Williamson, Melanie Ruhlman and Anthony Ruhlman, Appellants,
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South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Respondent. Amy E. Armstrong, Amelia A. Thompson and Jessie A. White, all of South Carolina Environmental Law Project, of Pawleys Island, for Appellants. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Solicitor General Robert D. Cook, Deputy Solicitor General J. Emory Smith, Jr., Senior Assistant Attorney General T. Parkin C. Hunter, Assistant General Counsel Michael S. Traynham, all of Columbia and Lisa A. Reynolds, of Anderson, Reynolds & Stephens, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondent. M. McMullen Taylor, of Mullen Taylor, LLC, of Columbia and John D. Echeverria, of Vermont School of Law, South Royalton, Vermont, for Amicus Curiae, Congaree Riverkeeper, Inc. The Court heard this case in December 2016 and issued an opinion in July 2017. See Jowers v. S.C. Dep't of Health and Envtl. Control, Op. No. 27725 (S.C. Sup. Ct. filed July 19, 2017). The Court then granted rehearing on the public trust issue. |
Cases to be Submitted Without Oral Argument | |
Lloyd Wright, Petitioner, v. State of South Carolina, Respondent. |
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Appellate Defender John Harrison Strom, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan M. Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Ruston Wesley Neely, both of Columbia, for Respondent. |
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Blue Ridge Electric Cooperative, Inc., Petitioner, v. Kathleen J. Gresham, Respondent. |
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Larry C. Brandt, of Larry C. Brandt, P.A., of Walhalla, Steven W. Hamm and C. Jo Anne Wessinger Hill, both of Richardson Plowden & Robinson, P.A., of Columbia, for Petitioner. Kathleen J. Gresham, of Landrum, pro se Respondent. |