SC Supreme Court to hear oral arguments this week
The South Carolina Supreme Court will hear oral arguments from multiple cases this week.
The South Carolina Supreme Court will hear oral arguments from multiple cases this week.
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SC Supreme Court OKs suit over $75M fee to private lawyers
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a judge needs to decide whether the state attorney general had the right to give $75 million of a $600 million settlement with the federal government over nuclear material storage to private attorneys who helped broker the deal.
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a judge needs to decide whether the state attorney general had the right to give $75 million of a $600 million settlement with the federal government over nuclear material storage to private attorneys who helped broker the deal.
Inmate asks judges to halt firing squad or electrocution
By Jeffrey Collins
Lawyers for 57-year-old Richard Moore say he shouldn’t face execution until judges can determine if either method is cruel and unusual punishment. Moore is set to die on April 29 unless a court steps in.
Hearn, three dozen more judges elected by SC Legislature
South Carolina Supreme Court associate Justice Kaye Hearn has been elected to another six-year term. Hearn was one of more than three dozen judges put on the bench by the General Assembly on Wednesday.
Dismissal upheld in SC lawsuit over unemployment benefits
The South Carolina Supreme Court on Wednesday rejected a lawsuit against Gov. Henry McMaster over his early exit from federal unemployment programs providing extra money to residents during the pandemic.
South Carolina’s Confederate monument protection law upheld
By Jeffrey Collins
The South Carolina Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that a state law preventing anyone from moving a Confederate monument or changing the historical name of a street or building without the Legislature’s permission is legal.
After SC Supreme Court ruling, Richland County won’t enforce school mask ordinance
Officials with Richland County say it will no longer enforce the emergency ordinance requiring masks in most school buildings, following the ruling by the South Carolina Supreme Court.
SC Supreme Court finds the City of Columbia’s school mask mandate violates state law
In an declaratory judgement action released Thursday, the South Carolina Supreme Court finds that the ordinance passed by the City of Columbia mandating masks in public schools is in violation of state law.
SC Supreme Court hears mask mandate disagreement, decision pending
The governor’s stance has been consistent, as has that of Columbia Mayor Steve Benjamin. Earlier this summer, he announced a city wide mask mandate for 43 elementary and middle schools in the city.
S. Carolina Supreme Court mulls school mask mandate lawsuits
By Michelle Liu
The South Carolina Supreme Court heard arguments Tuesday in two challenges to a state rule limiting the ability of school districts to require masks for students and educators.
