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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.
Wednesday, December 11, 2019 | |
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09:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 15-15-5) |
2018-001884 The State, Respondent,
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Samuel Edward Alexander, Jr., Petitioner. Appellate Defender Taylor Davis Gilliam, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Assistant Attorney General Joshua Abraham Edwards, both of Columbia; and Solicitor William Benjamin Rogers, Jr., of Bennettsville, for Respondent. We granted certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision affirming the trial court's denial of a directed verdict as to grand larceny and giving a purportedly improper jury charge concerning possession of recently stolen property. |
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10:00 a.m. | (Time Limits: 15-15-5) |
2019-000220 Alice Hazel, as GAL for Jacob N., Respondent,
v.
Blitz U.S.A., Inc., Fred's, Inc., Tiger Express Varnville LLC, and James Nix, Defendants,
Of Whom Fred's, Inc. is the Petitioner.
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Melinda Cook, Respondent,
v.
Blitz U.S.A., Inc., Fred's, Inc., Tiger Express Varnville, LLC, and James Nix, Defendants,
Of Whom Fred's, Inc. is the Petitioner. Matthew C. LaFave, of Crowe LaFave, LLC, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Kathleen Chewning Barnes, of Barnes Law Firm, of Hampton and Mark D. Ball, of Peters, Murdaugh, Parker, Eltzroth & Detrick, P.A., of Hampton, for Respondents. The Court granted a writ of a certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Hazel v. Blitz U.S.A., Inc., 425 S.C. 361, 822 S.E.2d 338 (Ct. App. 2018). |
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10:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 15-15-5) |
2018-001676 The State, Respondent,
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Maurice Anthony Odom, Petitioner. Appellate Defender Kathrine H. Hudgins, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan Wilson and Senior Assistant Attorney General David Spencer, both of Columbia and Solicitor Samuel R. Hubbard, III, of Lexington, for Respondent. Maurice Anthony Odom was convicted of second-degree burglary. The court of appeals affirmed his conviction. State v. Odom, Op. No. 2018-UP-273 (S.C. Ct. App. filed June 27, 2018). The Court granted Odom a writ of certiorari. Odom argues the court of appeals erred in affirming the trial court's refusal to dismiss the second-degree burglary charge against him on the ground that his right to a speedy trial had been violated. |
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Thursday, December 12, 2019 | |
Supreme Court Courtroom
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09:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 10-10-5) |
2018-002025 Leisel Paradis, Petitioner,
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Charleston County School District, James Island Charter High School, Robert Bohnstengel and Stephanie Spann, in their individual capacities, Respondents. J. Lewis Cromer and J. Paul Porter, both of Cromer Babb Porter & Hicks, LLC, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Rene Stuhr Dukes, of Rosen Rosen & Hagood, LLC, of Charleston, Caroline Cleveland, Bob J. Conley and Emmanuel Joseph Ferguson, all of Cleveland & Conley, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondents. We granted a petition for a writ of certiorari to review Paradis v. Charleston County School District, 424 S.C. 603, 819 S.E.2d 147 (Ct. App. 2018), in which the court of appeals affirmed the circuit court's dismissal of Petitioner's civil conspiracy claim on the basis she failed to plead any special damages with specificity. Petitioner asserts this pleading requirement is a rule that originated in Todd v. South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co., 276 S.C. 284, 278 S.E.2d 607 (1981), and she challenges the continued application of this rule as a pleading requirement for claims of civil conspiracy. |
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10:00 a.m. | (Time Limits: 15-15-5) |
2018-002050 The State, Respondent,
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Michael Juan Smith, Petitioner. Appellate Defender David Alexander, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson and Senior Assistant Deputy Attorney General William M. Blitch, Jr. and Solicitor Byron E. Gipson, all of Columbia, for Respondent. The Court granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in State v. Smith, 425 S.C. 20, 819 S.E.2d 187 (Ct. App. 2018). |
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10:30 a.m. | (Time Limits: 15-15-5) |
2019-000442 George Wetherill Clark, Respondent-Petitioner,
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Patricia Brennan Clark, Petitioner-Respondent. David M. Collins, Jr., of Collins Law Firm, P.C., of Greenville, Ken H. Lester, of Ken Lester & Associates, of Columbia and Catherine S. Hendrix, of Catherine S. Hendrix, LLC, of Columbia, for Petitioner-Respondent. David A. Wilson, of Wilson & Englebardt, LLC, of Greenville, for Respondent-Petitioner. In this appeal concerning cross-petitions for certiorari, we address the court of appeals' decision to apply a minority or lack of control discount and its rejection of a marketability discount when valuing the marital shares of certain stocks |