John E. Schmidt, III and Melissa J. Copeland, both of Schmidt & Copeland LLC, of Columbia, for Appellant. Charles H. McDonald and William C. Dillard, Jr., both of Belser & Belser, P.A., of Columbia and Bradley T. Farrar, of Richland County Attorney's Office, of Columbia, for Respondents.

The issue presented on appeal is whether the circuit court erred in rejecting Appellant's argument that section 6-11-271 of the South Carolina Code, concerning millage levied for special purpose districts, is unconstitutional.

John L. McCants, of Rogers Lewis Jackson Mann & Quinn, LLC, of Columbia, J. R. Murphy and Timothy J. Newton, both of Murphy & Grantland, P.A., of Columbia, for Appellants. Steven L. Smith, Zachary J. Closser and Samuel M. Wheeler, all of Smith/Closser/Wheeler, PA, of Charleston, Justin O. Lucey and Joshua F. Evans, both of Justin O'Toole Lucey, P.A, of Mt. Pleasant, for Respondents. Mark S. Barrow and Christy E. Mahon, both of Sweeny, Wingate & Barrow, P.A., of Columbia and Steven M. Klepper, of Kramon & Graham, P.A., of Baltimore, Maryland, for Amici Curiae Hartford Fire Insurance Company, Hartford Casualty Insurance Company and Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company. Frank L. Eppes, of Eppes & Plumblee, PA, of Greenville, Jesse A. Kirchner, Michael A. Timbes and Thomas J. Rode, all of Thurmond Kirchner & Timbes, P.A., of Charleston, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Association for Justice.

The Court considers the trial court's denial of an insurer's motion to intervene in a construction defect suit.

Rhett D. Burney, of Rhett Burney, PC, of Simpsonville and J. Falkner Wilkes, of Greenville, for Petitioner. Larry K. Wood, P.A., of Mauldin, for Respondent.

We granted Michael Landry's petition for a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision affirming the family court's denial of relief under Rule 60, SCRCP.

John C. von Lehe, Jr. and Bryson M. Geer, both of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Charleston, for Petitioners. Sean G. Ryan and Jason P. Luther, both of South Carolina Department of Revenue, for Respondent.

The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals decision in Rent-A-Center East, Inc. v. S.C. Dep't of Revenue, 425 S.C. 582, 824 S.E.2d 217 (Ct. App. 2019).

James M. Griffin and Margaret N. Fox of Griffin Davis LLC; and Thornwell F. Sowell, III, and Bess J. DuRant of Sowell & Durant, LLC, all of Columbia, for Plaintiff. James G. Long, III and Emily Dobson Glover, of Nexsen Pruet LLC, of Columbia, for Defendant.

Pursuant to Rule 244 of the South Carolina Appellate Court Rules, the Court will answer the following questions certified by the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina: (1) Under South Carolina law, when a contract's durational term is keyed to the occurrence of a future, specific event, must the future, specific event be an objective event such that one party to the contract does not have control over it? and (2) If the answer to Question (1) is yes, does a contract that requires the two parties to the contract to form a corporation together in the future in order to terminate the contract qualify as an objective event that renders the contract sufficiently definite in duration such that it is not perpetual and thus not terminable at will?

Appellate Defender David Alexander, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson and Assistant Attorney General William F. Schumacher, IV, both of Columbia and Solicitor S. R. Hubbard, III, of Lexington, for Respondent.

The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in State v. Herndon, Op. No. 2018-UP-458 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Dec. 12, 2018).