NAACP v. TOWN OF HILTON HEAD

22386

287 S.C. 254 (1985)

335 S.E.2d 806

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR the ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE and Perry White, Appellants, v. The TOWN OF HILTON HEAD; Beverly Cotton, W.S. Montgomery, Porter Thompson, Dorothy Aranda, Individually, and as Election Commissioners for the Town of Hilton Head, as appointed by the Secretary of State; and John T. Campbell, Secretary of State, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided October 16, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Fred Kuhn, Jr., of Moss, Bailey & Dore, Beaufort, for appellants.

Sr. Asst. Atty. Gen. Treva G. Ashworth, Asst. Atty. Gen. C. Richard Kelly, Columbia, for respondent Campbell.

Joseph R. Barker and Michael L.M. Jordan, of Bethea, Jordan & Griffin, for respondent The Town of Hilton Head, et al.


Heard Sept. 23, 1985.

Decided Oct. 16, 1985.

LITTLEJOHN, Justice:

The plaintiffs-appellants, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and Perry White, brought this action against the defendants-respondents, The Town of Hilton Head, Beverly Cotton, W.S. Montgomery, Porter Thompson, Dorothy Aranda, Individually, and as Election Commissioners for the Town of Hilton Head, as appointed by the Secretary of State, and against John T. Campbell...

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