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NEWMAN v. RICHLAND CTY. HIST. PRES. COM'N

No. 24547.

325 S.C. 79 (1997)

480 S.E.2d 72

Ann P. NEWMAN, Respondent, v. RICHLAND COUNTY HISTORIC PRESERVATION COMMISSION, City of Columbia, South Carolina, and County of Richland, South Carolina, Defendants, Of whom City of Columbia, South Carolina, and County of Richland, South Carolina are Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 13, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Meggs and Thomas E. Ellenburg, both of the Office of the City Attorney, Columbia, for appellant City of Columbia and Larry C. Smith, of the Office of the Richland County Attorneys Office, Columbia, for appellant County of Richland.

D. Cravens Ravenel, of Baker, Barwick, Ravenel & Bender, Columbia, for respondent.

Wayne F. Rush, of the Office of General Services, South Carolina Budget and Control Board, Columbia, for amicus curiae.

FINNEY, Chief Justice:

The dispositive issue in this appeal is whether a member of the governing board of a special purpose district has standing to bring a declaratory judgment action challenging passage by the board of a resolution which the member opposed? We hold the member lacks standing to bring such a suit either in her official capacity or as a citizen and taxpayer, and reverse.

Respondent (Newman) was appointed...

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