Lindsey S. Vann and Hannah L. Freeman, both of Justice 360, of Columbia; Gerald Malloy, of Malloy Law Firm of Hartsville; John H. Blume III, Cornell Law School, of Ithaca, NY; and Whitney B. Harrison, of McGowan, Hood, and Felder, LLC, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson, Deputy Attorney General Donald J. Zelenka, Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General Melody J. Brown and Senior Assistant Attorney General William Edgar Salter, III, all of Columbia, for Respondent. William Norman Nettles, of Columbia, for amicus curiae NACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

This matter is before the Court on a petition for a writ of habeas corpus from petitioner's conviction for murder and sentence to death.

Donald L. Smith of Anderson for Petitioner. Phillip Reeves, Nicholas A. Farr of Gallivan White and Boyd, PA of Greenville for Respondents.

This case concerns the application of res judicata in a matter where proceedings where initiated in state court followed by a federal lawsuit. The federal suit was decided first, and the trial court in the state action found res judicata applied. The court of appeals affirmed.

Costa M. Pleicones, Steve A. Matthews, A. Parker Barnes III, and Sarah P. Spruill all of Haynesworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., of Columbia, for Petitioners. Mary B. Lohr of Howell Gibson & Hughes, P.A., of Beaufort, for Respondent. Jonathan M. Robinson, G. Murrell Smith Jr., Shanon N. Peake, and Austin T. Reed, all of Smith Robinson Holler DuBose and Morgan, LLC., for Intervenors-Respondents.

In its original jurisdiction, the Court will consider whether Act 174 violates Article III, Section 17 of the South Carolina Constitution.

Joshua M. Henderson of Henderson, Brandt and Vieth, PA of Spartanburg and Charles J. Lloyd, Livgard and Lloyd, PLLP of Minneapolis, MN for Petitioner. Wesley B. Sawyer and Ronald B. Diegel, Murphy and Grantland PA of Columbia for Respondents.

The trial court found Southern Glass & Plastics Co. v. Kemper, 399 S.C. 483, 732 S.E.2d 205 (Ct. App. 2012), controlled, and a unilateral contract was formed when 20/20 Auto Glass, LLC consistently objected to Grange's rates but performed glass repair and replacement services for claimants insured by Grange. The court of appeals affirmed. Grange Mutual Casualty and Trustguard Insurance Company v. 20/20 Auto Glass, LLC, Op. No. 2019-UP-419 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Dec. 31, 2019). This Court granted certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision. 20/20 Auto Glass, LLC argues the court of appeals erred in affirming the trial court's ruling that a unilateral contract was formed between the parties and in failing to consider the effect of S.C. Code Ann. § 38-57-75 (2015) and Narruhn v. Alea London Ltd., 404 S.C. 337, 745 S.E.2d 90 (2013) in its analysis.

Kirsten Leslie Barr, Trask & Howell, LLC, of Mt. Pleasant for Petitioners. Carl H. Jacobson, Uricchio Howe Krell, PA of Charleston for Respondent.

In this workers' compensation case, the Court issued a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' decision in Lemon v. Mt. Pleasant Waterworks, 429 S.C. 59, 837 S.E.2d 738 (Ct. App. 2019), to determine whether an employer may claim a credit for prior awards to the injured worker.

Thomas J. Rode, Thurmond Kirchner and Timbes, PA of Charleston and Richard C. Alexander, Terrence Wise of North Charleston for Appellant. J.R. Murphy and Wesley B. Sawyer, Murphy and Grantland, PA of Columbia for Respondent.

In this insurance case, the Court is asked to determine whether the trial court erred in interpreting South Carolina Code Section 38-77-340 to exclude Appellant's uninsured motorist claim.

Gerald Malloy of Malloy Law Firm of Hartsville SC for Plaintiff Howard E. Duvall, Jr., Gerald Malloy of Malloy Law Firm of Hartsville SC for Plaintiff Jennifer Pinckney, Gerald Malloy of Malloy Law Firm of Hartsville SC for Plaintiff Kay Patterson, Matthew Terry Richardson of Wyche Law Firm of Columbia SC for Plaintiff Howard E. Duvall, Jr., Matthew Terry Richardson of Wyche Law Firm of Columbia SC for Plaintiff Jennifer Pinckney, Matthew Terry Richardson of Wyche Law Firm of Columbia SC for Plaintiff Kay Patterson, Solicitor General Robert D. Cook of Columbia SC for Amicus Curiae Attorney General, Deputy Solicitor General J. Emory Smith, Jr. of Columbia SC for Amicus Curiae Attorney General, Kenneth M. Moffitt of Columbia SC for Defendant Harvey S. Peeler, Kenneth M. Moffitt of Columbia SC for Defendant James H. "Jay" Lucas, Bradley Scott Wright of Burr & Forman LLP of Columbia SC for Defendant James H. "Jay" Lucas, Thomas Ashley Limehouse, Jr. of Columbia SC for Defendant Henry D. McMaster, Robert Karl Merting of Greenville SC for Amicus Curiae The South Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc., James Keith Gilliam of Burr & Forman LLP of Greenville SC for Defendant James H. "Jay" Lucas, Patrick Graham Dennis of Columbia SC for Defendant Harvey S. Peeler, Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson of Columbia SC for Amicus Curiae Attorney General

In its original jurisdiction, the Court will determine whether section 10-1-165 of the South Carolina Code (2011) violates the South Carolina Constitution.

Chad N. Johnston of Willoughby and Hoefer, PA, Jessica J.O. King of Williams Mullen Law, Robert F. Goings and Jessica L. Gooding of Goings Law Firm, LLC, of Columbia and R. Walker Humphrey, II of Willoughby and Hoefer, PA, of Charleston for Petitioner MRR Pickens, LLC and Etta R. Linen and Karen Christine Ratigan of Columbia, for Petitioner South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, of Columbia and Amy E. Armstrong, Michael G. Corley, South Carolina Environmental Law Project of Pawleys Island and Gary Poliakoff of Poliakoff and Associates, PA of Spartanburg for Respondent.

The Court issued a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Pickens County v. South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, 429 S.C. 92, 837 S.E.2d 743 (Ct. App. 2020).

Joshua T. Hawkins, Helena L. Jedziniak of Hawkins & Jedziniak, LLC of Greenville, and John Howell of Mississippi for Petitioner-Respondents. John C. Moylan, III, of Wyche, PA of Columbia, Knox L. Haynsworth, III of Brown, Massey, Evens, McLeod & Haysnesworth, LLC of Greenville and Lewis F. Powell, III and George P. Sibley, III of Hunton, Andrews, Kurth, LLP of Richmond, Virginia for Respondent-Petitioners. William Grayson Lambert of Burr & Forman, LLP of Columbia as Amici Curiae Chambers of Commerce and Industry Groups. Brooks Roberts Fudenberg, of Law Offices of Brooks R. Fudenberg, LLC, and C. Steven Moskos, of C. Steven Moskos, P.A., both of Charleston, for Amici Curiae Daniel O'Shields and Roger W. Whitley.

In this negligence action, the Court granted cross-petitions for a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Garrison v. Target Corporation, 429 S.C. 324, 838 S.E.2d 18 (Ct. App. 2020) to determine whether the court erred in its determinations regarding Target's motion for a judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) as to liability and the jury's punitive damages award in favor of Garrison.

Heather Shirley Smith, Deputy General Counsel for Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Duke Energy Progress, of Greenville, Frank R. Ellerbe, III and Robert E. Stepp, both of Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, of Columbia, Sarah P. Spruill, of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., of Greenville and Thomas S. Mullikin, of Mullikin Law Firm, of Camden, for Appellant-Respondent. Scott Elliott, of Elliott & Elliott, P.A., of Columbia, for Respondent-Appellant. Jeffrey M. Nelson, Jenny R. Pittman, C. Lessie Hammonds, Andrew M. Bateman, Alexander W. Knowles and Christopher M. Huber, all of South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff, of Columbia and Wallace K. Lightsey, of Wyche, P.A., of Greenville, for Respondent. William Grayson Lambert and Bradley S. Wright, both of Burr & Forman LLP, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation.

This direct, cross-appeal from the Public Service Commission (PSC) is the first of two arguments associated with Duke Energy Progress, LLC's and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC's (collectively, Duke) most recent ratemaking applications and the PSC's resultant decisions, which were consolidated for purposes of oral argument. In the first argument, the Court will hear Duke's contentions that the PSC incorrectly denied it (1) environmental compliance costs associated with North Carolina law, (2) litigation costs incurred in defending itself from various lawsuits, and (3) a rate of return on specified deferred costs.

Heather Shirley Smith, Deputy General Counsel for Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC and Duke Energy Progress, of Greenville, Frank R. Ellerbe, III and Robert E. Stepp, both of Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, of Columbia, Sarah P. Spruill, of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., of Greenville and Thomas S. Mullikin, of Mullikin Law Firm, of Camden, for Appellant-Respondent. Scott Elliott, of Elliott & Elliott, P.A., of Columbia, for Respondent-Appellant. Jeffrey M. Nelson, Jenny R. Pittman, C. Lessie Hammonds, Andrew M. Bateman, Alexander W. Knowles and Christopher M. Huber, all of South Carolina Office of Regulatory Staff, of Columbia and Wallace K. Lightsey, of Wyche, P.A., of Greenville, for Respondent. William Grayson Lambert and Bradley S. Wright, both of Burr & Forman LLP, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Farm Bureau Federation.

This direct, cross-appeal from the Public Service Commission (PSC) is the second of two arguments associated with Duke Energy Progress, LLC's and Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC's (collectively, Duke) most recent ratemaking applications and the PSC's resultant decisions, which were consolidated for purposes of oral argument. In the second argument, the Court will hear the South Carolina Energy Users Committee's contention that the PSC erred in awarding Duke preconstruction costs associated with a now-abandoned nuclear project.