ALSTON v. CITY OF CAMDEN

No. 24431.

471 S.E.2d 174 (1996)

Charles ALSTON, Jr., Fred Anderson, David Arledge, John Arledge (Retiree), Linda Barfield, Robert H. Berry, Wallace E. Berry, Shirley Boan, John Thomas Bowers, Jack Bradley, James Burkett, Tony Burns, Chris Carter, Barbara Cauthen, James Chambers, Jr., Bill Collins, Pat D'Alessio, Herman L. Davis, James Richard Davis, Sr., Matthew Sharpe Davis, Terry Drakeford, Phil Elliott, Edward Fant, Cal Fowler, John Furniss, Neal Gainey, Curtis Gallishaw, Russ Galloway, Daryl Gardner, Edward Gardner, Jr., Mark Gardner, William Gurley, Evey K. Hall, Gene Hastings, Jr., Gene Hastings, Sr., John Hendrix, Sharon Holloman, Randall Craig Hudson, Pamela Hudson, Jesse Jackson, Betty Jennings, Arthur Johnson, Fain Johnson, Dan Johnson, Robert Johnston, III, Robert Joyner, Robert Kardack, Jr., Brian Kersey, George Lee, Julie Lee, Chris Lemacks, Jerry Marthers, Edward C. Miano, Jacob Mickle, Dane Mobley, Benny Moody, Jonathan Moore, Willie Moore, Jr. (Retiree), Roger Morris, Johnny Mullis, Sam McCaskill (Retiree), Cynthia McManus, Mark Nielander, Beverly Osborne, Gary E. (Gene) Parnell, Lionel Patterson, John Perkins, James E. Potteiger, Jr., Jerry Price, Joe Ratcliffe, James Preston Ray, William Rodgers Roscoe, David Salmond, Tim Sanders, William (Bill) Sanders, Stephen E. Sheorn, Jr., Bobby Sims, Betty Slade, Clyde (Mike) Smith, W. Alfred Smyrl, Michael Stone, Donnelle Stoney, Glenn Stubbs, Wilfred Stubbs, Johnny Thomas, Willie Thomas, Ronald Thompson, Ronger Truesdale, Richard R. Tucker, Dennis Vincent, Faye Wakefield, Bobby Walsh, George Waters, Carl Watkins, Dean West, Alice Williams, Lorraine Wilson, Charles Wyrick, Martha Wyrick, and Brian H. Zimmerman, Appellants, v. CITY OF CAMDEN, South Carolina, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 20, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wilmot B. Irvin and Blaney A. Coskrey, III, both of Irvin & Coskrey, L.L.P., Columbia, for Appellants.

Vance J. Bettis, of Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis, Columbia; and Charles V.B. Cushman, III, Camden, both for Respondent.


TOAL, Justice:

This case concerns the Contract Clauses of the Constitutions of both the United States and South Carolina. The circuit court found that there was no impairment of any contractual right the petitioners may have possessed. We affirm.

FACTUAL/PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs ("Employees") are employees of defendant City of Camden ("City"). Before April 1993, City provided Employees fringe...

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