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McMEHAN v. YORK COUNTY COUNCIL

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281 S.C. 249 (1984)

315 S.E.2d 127

Grady E. McMEHAN, James W. Hancock, Jr., Mitchell K. Byrd, James W. Boyd, Henrietta Gill, Charles B. Burnette, James F. Wells, and Thomas A. Givens, Appellants, v. YORK COUNTY COUNCIL OF the COUNTY OF YORK, State of South Carolina, and Caldwell A. Barron, E.C. Black, Sidney C. Moore, Jr., Dewey E. Neal, Murray A. White, Jr., and John J. Williams, Chairman of the York County Council, as members of the York County Council, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

March 5, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Blackwell, Rock Hill, for appellants.

Melvin B. McKeown, York, for respondents.

March 5, 1984.

GARDNER, Judge:

This is an action by appellants York County attorneys against the York County Council for the payment of attorney's fees for the representation of indigent defendants. The trial court denied the relief sought. We disagree and reverse.

We quote with approval pertinent sections of the appealed order:

This is an action for declaratory judgment and a writ of mandamus. The...

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