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WOLPER v. CITY COUNCIL OF CHAS.

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287 S.C. 209 (1985)

336 S.E.2d 871

Jane WOLPER, Appellant, v. The CITY COUNCIL OF the CITY OF CHARLESTON, Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Mayor of the City of Charleston, and W.O. Thomas, Jr., Treasurer of Charleston County, Defendants, of whom The City Council of the City of Charleston and Joseph P. Riley, Jr., Mayor of the City of Charleston are, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 13, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Popowski, Charleston, for appellant.

Wade H. Logan, III, Charleston, for defendant, W.O. Thomas, Jr., Treasurer.

William B. Regan, Corp. Counsel, Frances I. Cantwell, Asst. Corp. Counsel; Huger Sinkler and Karen LeCraft Henderson, of Sinkler, Gibbs and Simons, Charleston, for respondents, City of Charleston, et al.

M. William Youngblood, Jr., of McNair, Glenn, Konduros, Corley, Singletary, Porter and Dibble, Columbia, for The City of Greenville, amicus curiae.

Robert E. Lyon, Jr., of Municipal Association of S.C.; and Roy D. Bates, Columbia, for Municipal Association of South Carolina, amicus curiae.

Heard Oct. 22, 1985.

Decided Nov. 13, 1985.

NESS, Chief Justice:

Appellant Wolper brought this declaratory judgment action challenging the constitutionality of an ordinance enacted by the respondent City which authorizes a tax increment financing plan for the redevelopment of waterfront property within the City. The trial judge upheld the ordinance. We affirm.

Article X, Section 14(10) of the South Carolina Constitution authorizes municipalities...

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