RICHLAND COUNTY v. CAMPBELL

22833

294 S.C. 346 (1988)

364 S.E.2d 470

RICHLAND COUNTY; Raymond E. McKay, Jr., in his individual capacity as a resident, elector and taxpayer of Richland County; John D. Monroe, in his individual capacity as a resident, elector and taxpayer of Richland County; Leone S. Castles, in her individual capacity as a resident, elector and taxpayer of Richland County; Bill E. Taylor, in his individual capacity as a resident, elector and taxpayer of Richland County; and James C. Farley, in his individual capacity as a resident, elector and taxpayer of Richland County, Appellants v. Carroll A. CAMPBELL, Jr., as Governor of the State of South Carolina and as Chairman of the State Budget and Control Board; Nick A. Theodore, as Lieutenant Governor of the State of South Carolina and as President Pro-Tempore of the Senate, and as a Representative of the State of South Carolina Senate; Robert Sheheen, as Speaker of the House of Representatives and as a Representative of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. Able and C. Dennis Aughtry, Richland County Attorney's Office, Columbia, for appellants.

Atty. Gen. T. Travis Medlock and Asst. Atty. Gen. J. Emory Smith, Jr., Columbia, for respondents.


Heard Oct. 20, 1987.

Decided Jan. 25, 1988.

FINNEY, Justice:

This is an appeal from the circuit court's dismissal of a declaratory judgment action challenging the constitutionality of the public education financing system. Appellants Richland County, et al., attacked the constitutionality of the South Carolina Education Finance Act (EFA), the Education Improvement Act (EIA), and the validity of the requirement...

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