DIAMONDS v. GREENVILLE COUNTY

No. 24567.

325 S.C. 154 (1997)

480 S.E.2d 718

DIAMONDS, Mike Cannon and Jack Galardi, Respondents, v. GREENVILLE COUNTY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 27, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Howard Boyd, Jr. and Ronald K. Wray, II, of Gibbes, Gallivan, White & Boyd, P.A., Greenville, for appellant.

Suzanne E. Coe, Greenville, for respondents.


WALLER, Justice:

On appeal is an order finding Greenville County (Appellant) has no constitutional power to enact a local ordinance prohibiting public nudity. We affirm.

FACTS

On June 27, 1995, Appellant enacted Ordinance 2727, making it unlawful for any person to appear nude in public or to operate any public place where persons would be appearing nude (subject to certain exceptions).1 Respondent Diamonds (owned...

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