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HAYWARD v. EDWARDS

Civ. A. No. 76-2304.

456 F.Supp. 1151 (1977)

Marion HAYWARD, Delores Grant, Nancy Little, Lawrence M. Libater, J. Phillips Noble, Jr., and the City of Charleston, Plaintiffs, v. James B. EDWARDS, Governor of the State of South Carolina, G. P. Callison, Ruben L. Gray, Zilla Hinton, Sylvia A. McCullough, and Margaret Townsend, Members of the South Carolina Election Commission, Donald Infinger, Robert Lighthart, Jr., Solomon Morse, Jr., Helen Clawson, Curtis Inabinett, Members of the Charleston County Election Commission, Cecil D. Clay, Henry E. Hollinshead, Clifton D. Green, Jr., Malcolm C. Hursey, Hiram C. Adams, James H. Lee, Sr., Charles M. Lanford, Mary R. Miller, Alfred Williams, Commissioners of the North Charleston Public Service District, North Charleston Public Service District; and Branford Heape, Defendants. Cecil D. CLAY, Henry E. Hollinshead, Hiram C. Adams, James H. Lee, Sr., Mary R. Miller, and Alfred Williams, Defendants-Third-Party Plaintiffs, v. Joseph P. RILEY, Jr., Mayor of the City of Charleston, and J. Rutledge Young, Jr., Jerome Kinloch, Daniel L. Richardson, Hilda Hutchinson Jefferson, Arthur W. Christopher, Brenda C. Scott, Robert I. Ford, George A. Z. Johnson, Jr., Mary R. Ader, James B. Moore, Jr., W. L. Stephens, Jr., and Henry E. Grimball, Members of the City Council of the City of Charleston, Third-Party Defendants.

United States District Court, D. South Carolina, Charleston Division.

Amendment to Court's Order June 16, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armand G. Derfner, Charleston, S. C., for individual plaintiffs.

William B. Regan, Jr., Robert N. Rosen, Charleston, S. C., for City of Charleston.

David G. Jennings, Charleston Heights, S. C., for defendants Com'rs of North Charleston Public Service Dist., North Charleston Public Service Dist. and Branford Heape.

Joseph S. Mendelsohn, Charleston, S. C., for Infinger, Lighthart, Morse, Clawson, Inabinett, Members of Charleston County Election Commission.

Randall T. Bell, Columbia, S. C., Theodore B. Guerard, W. E. "Sam" Applegate, III, Charleston, S. C., for Cooper River Park & Playground Commission.

HEMPHILL, District Judge.

This case involves the constitutionality of various sections of the South Carolina Code which provide for municipal annexations.1 On November 23, 1976, an election was held to determine whether or not an area of Charleston County known as "Garden Kiawah" should be annexed by the City of Charleston. The election procedure involved a separate "freeholder box", where...

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