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BUSINESS LICENSE OPPOSITION v. SUMTER CTY.

No. 23771.

426 S.E.2d 745 (1992)

BUSINESS LICENSE OPPOSITION COMMITTEE; The Rental Center, Inc.; Town and Country Mobile Homes Sales of Sumter, Inc.; Ronald D'Anella; Harkins Moving and Storage, Inc.; Power-Clean Systems, Inc., Respondents, v. SUMTER COUNTY, a body politic and corporate; Ruben L. Gray, Joseph B. Davis, Jr., Edgar M. Everett, Charles E. Fienning, Lewis Fleming, Turner A. Green, and Reverend O.S. Scott, Sr., in their official capacities as members of Sumter County Council; Margaret K. Davis and W. Avery Frick, in their official capacities as Treasurer and Acting County Administrator respectively, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 21, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry B. Richardson, Jr., Sumter, and Roy D. Bates, Columbia, for appellants.

Belton T. Zeigler, Columbia, for respondents.

PER CURIAM:

On appeal is an Order holding that Appellant (County Council) violated the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)1 in enacting a business license tax ordinance (ordinance). The Special Master declared the ordinance invalid, enjoined County from further violations, and awarded Respondents attorney fees and costs. We affirm.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Respondents, Business License Opposition Committee (BLOC), originally...

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