PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY v. BUSCEMI

Opinion No. 5410.

417 S.C. 267 (2016)

PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES, INC., Appellant, v. Beverly A. H. BUSCEMI, Ph.D., in her official capacity as State Director, South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs and The South Carolina Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, and Kelly Hanson Floyd, Nancy Banov, W. Robert Harrell, Rick Huntress, Deborah McPherson and Dr. Otis Speight in their Official Capacities as Members of the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs Commission, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed June 8, 2016.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anna Maria Darwin , of Protection & Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc., of Greenville; Thornwell Simons , of Protection & Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc., of Columbia; Reid T. Sherard and David Curry Dill , both of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Greenville; and Phillips Lancaster McWilliams , of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP, of Columbia; for Appellant.

William H. Davidson, II and Kenneth P. Woodington , both of Davidson & Lindemann, PA, of Columbia, for Respondents.


Protection and Advocacy for People with Disabilities, Inc. (P&A) brought this declaratory judgment action against the Department of Disabilities and Special Needs, as well as the Department's Director, Beverly A. Buscemi, Ph.D., and members of the Department's Commission (collectively, DDSN) seeking an order requiring DDSN to allow...

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