CADDELL v. LEXINGTON CTY. SCHOOL DISTRICT 1

22917

296 S.C. 397 (1988)

373 S.E.2d 598

Marvin P. CADDELL, Respondents v. LEXINGTON COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, Michael Wingard, Randall J. Price, Michael Shealy, L.L. Lewis, Mrs. Swannee Reenstjerna, James A. Compton and Robert H. Waddle, in their official capacity as members of the Board of Trustees of Lexington County School District No. 1, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided October 24, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margaret C. Pope, Robert S. Galloway, III, Belton T. Zeigler and William L. Hirata, of Sinkler & Boyd, P.A., Kenneth L. Childs and David T. Duff, of Childs, Duff, St. Pierre & Hardin, P.A., Columbia, for appellants.

Patrick J. Frawley and Jeff M. Anderson, Bouknight, Nicholson, Davis, Frawley & Anderson, Lexington, for respondent.

Roy D. Bates, Columbia, amicus curiae, for Municipal Ass'n of South Carolina.

O. Wayne Corley and Kathleen Crum McKinney, Columbia, amicus curiae, for S.C. Ass'n of School Superintendents.

Robert E. Lyon, Jr., Hardwick Stuart, Jr., J., Craig Bower and Russell B. Shetterly, Columbia, amicus curiae, for S.C. Ass'n of Counties.

Richard W. Riley, Brenton D. Jeffcoat, Arthur L. Coleman John S. Egan, and Elizabeth F. Warren, Columbia, amicus curiae, for S.C. School Bds. Ass'n.

McNair Law Firm, P.A., Columbia, amicus curiae, for Cranston/Prescott, etc.


Heard June 7, 1988.

Decided October 24, 1988.

CHANDLER, Justice:

In a Declaratory Judgment action the Circuit Court held unconstitutional certain lease/purchase agreements entered into by Lexington County School District No. 1 (District) for construction and renovation of public school buildings. The Court reasoned that the agreements constitute general obligation debt in violation of Article X, §...

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