UNIVERSAL LIFE CHURCH v. CITY OF CHARLESTON

21568

277 S.C. 81 (1981)

282 S.E.2d 607

UNIVERSAL LIFE CHURCH, INC. a/n/a Church of Religious Freedom, Respondent, v. The CITY OF NORTH CHARLESTON, M. Victor Revelise, and John E. Bourne, Jr., Pete B. Adams, Robert A. Ankersen, Sr., James V. Edwards, Oatman C. Gerald, Patsy W. Hughes, and R.E. Zipperer, as members of the City Council of the City of North Charleston, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

September 21, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Gonzales, North Charleston, for appellants.

Arnold S. Goodstein and John Jay Philips, Jr., Charleston, for respondent.


September 21, 1981.

HARWELL, Justice:

The City of North Charleston and its city council members appeal the order of the circuit judge which temporarily restrains the City from applying its lottery prohibition ordinance to the Universal Life Church, Inc. This Court has jurisdiction to hear this matter pursuant to Section 14-3-330(4), Code of Laws of South Carolina (1976). Having done so, we reverse the circuit judge...

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