Thomas F. McDow, of Rock Hill, Jeanne Allison Pearson, of Kennedy, Covington, Lobdell & Hickman, of Rock Hill, and Chief Attorney Daniel T. Stacey, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, Assistant Attorney General Deborah R. J. Shupe, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Thomas E. Pope, of York, for Respondent.

Chief Attorney Daniel T. Stacey, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, Senior Assistant Attorney General Harold M. Coombs, Jr., all of Columbia, and Solicitor Robert M. Ariail, of Greenville, for Respondent.

James G. Carpenter and Jennifer J. Miller, both of The Carpenter Law Firm, of Greenville, for Petitioner. Vance J. Bettis and Shahin Vafai, both of Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, of Columbia, Chief Legal Counsel Henry J. White and Deputy Chief Counsel Swati S. Patel, both of the Office of the Governor, of Columbia, for Respondent.

This case involves whether Governor Sanford's holding of a commission in the Air Force Reserve is allowed under the South Carolina Constitution. This case also involves whether the petitioner has standing.

James Earle Reeves, of Summerville, for Petitioners. Mary L. Arnold, of Mt. Pleasant, for Respondents.

The case involves whether the Court of Appeals properly dismissed an appeal of an arbitrator's order.

Bryan DuPont Ramey, of Bryan D. Ramey & Associates, of Piedmont; and John S. Nichols, of Bluestein & Nichols, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Samuel C. Weldon, of Clarkson, Walsh, Rheney & Turner, of Greenville, for Respondent.

This case involves a question concerning the extent an independent witness must attest to the facts of an accident involving an unknown driver to allow a plaintiff to recover uninsured motorist proceeds in a "John Doe" action.

John E. James, III, and George C. James, Jr., both of Lee, Erter, Wilson, James, Holler & Smith, of Sumter, for Petitioner. Dwight Christopher Moore, of Moore Law Firm, of Sumter, John Dennis Delgado and Kathrine Haggard Hudgins, both of Columbia, for Respondent.

This case involves the issues of whether the Court of Appeals erred by reversing the trial court’s decision granting petitioner’s directed verdict motion on the basis petitioner’s conduct was objectively reasonable under the Fourth Amendment and on the basis of qualified immunity.

John M. S. Hoefer and K. Chad Burgess, both of Willoughby & Hoefer, of Columbia, for Appellant. Sandra J. Senn and Stephanie P. McDonald, both of Charleston, for Respondent.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster, Chief Deputy Attorney General John W. McIntosh, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Charles H. Richardson, Assistant Attorney General Deborah R. J. Shupe, all of Columbia, and Solicitor Ralph E. Hoisington, of Charleston, for Petitioner. Chief Attorney Daniel T. Stacey, of South Carolina Office of Appellate Defense, of Columbia, and Christopher Wayne Adams, of National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, of Atlanta, GA, for Respondent.

The Court granted certiorari to consider a Court of Appeals' decision holding that the results of a lab's DNA proficiency testing may be subject to discovery by a criminal defendant under Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963) and Rule 5 (a)(1)(D).