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WESTON v. CAROLINA RESEARCH & DEV. FOUN.

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303 S.C. 398 (1991)

401 S.E.2d 161

Chris WESTON and Multimedia, Inc., d/b/a/ The Greenville News-Piedmont Company, Respondents v. CAROLINA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, Christopher Vlahoplus, Arthur M. Williams, Jr., John L.M. Tobias, Richard E. Day, Gayle O. Averyt, William R. Bruce, Robert E. Roberson, Guy F. Lipscomb, Jr., and William Weston, Jr., Appellants. And John C. SHURR and The Associated Press, Respondents v. CAROLINA RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION, Christopher Vlahoplus, Arthur M. Williams, Jr., John L.M. Tobias, Richard E. Day, Gayle O. Averyt, William R. Bruce, Robert E. Roberson, Guy F. Lipscomb, Jr., and William Weston, Jr., Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided February 11, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. McCutchen and Hoover C. Blanton, both of Whaley, McCutchen, Blanton and Rhodes, Columbia, for appellants.

Carl F. Muller and Wallace K. Lightsey, both of Wyche, Burgess, Freeman and Parham, P.A., Greenville, for respondents.

Jay Bender, of Belser, Baker, Barwick, Ravenel and Bender, Columbia, amici curiae.

Heard Nov. 27, 1990.

Decided Feb. 11, 1991.

HARWELL, Acting Chief Justice:

This case involves the applicability of the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act1 (FOIA) to the Carolina Research and Development Foundation (Foundation). The dispositive issue in this case is whether the activities of the Foundation bring it within the definition of a "public body" contained in the...

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