ARNOLD v. ASSOCIATION OF CITADEL MEN

No. 25014.

337 S.C. 265 (1999)

523 S.E.2d 757

Rick W. ARNOLD, Donald Corry, Richard M. Lovelace, Jr., A. Palmer Owings, Jr., Daryl Pitts, William F. Sachs, Harold L. Shokes, and William W. Enzor, Plaintiffs, of whom Rick W. Arnold, Donald Corry, Richard M. Lovelace, Jr., Daryl Pitts, William F. Sachs, Harold L. Shokes, and Williams W. Enzor are Appellants/Respondents, v. The ASSOCIATION OF CITADEL MEN, Hampton J. Walker, Richard H. MacMillan, J. Stannard Hurteau, Stephen D. Falkenbury, Rick M. Crosby, William M. Ogburn, Henry A. Kennedy, Jr., and Robert B. Scarborough, of whom The Association of Citadel Men, J. Stannard Hurteau, Rick M. Crosby, William M. Ogburn and Henry A. Kennedy, Jr., are Respondents, and of whom Robert Scarborough is Respondent/Appellant. Donald Corry, Richard M. Lovelace, Jr., William F. Sachs, Harold L. Shokes, and William W. Enzor, Appellants, v. The Association of Citadel Men, Hampton J. Walker, Richard H. MacMillan, J. Stannard Hurteau, Stephen D. Falkenbury, Rick M. Crosby, William M. Ogburn, Henry A. Kennedy, Jr., Robert B. Scarborough, and Charles A. Laffitte, Jr., Defendants, of whom Robert B. Scarborough is the, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 15, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David C. Eckstrom and Elizabeth H. Campbell, of Nexsen, Pruet, Jacobs & Pollard, LLP, of Columbia, for appellants/respondents and appellants.

John S. Wilkerson, III, of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, P.A., of Florence; and Steven W. Ouzts, of Turner, Padget, Graham & Laney, P.A., of Columbia, for respondents and defendants.

R. David Howser and Andrew E. Haselden, both of Howser, Newman & Besley, L.L.C., of Columbia, for respondent/appellant and respondent.


BURNETT, Justice:

These consolidated appeals concern the Association of Citadel Men's (the Association's) 1996 election to select an alumni member to the Citadel's Board of Visitors (at times, the Board).1 We reverse and remand.

STATUTORY BACKGROUND

After various modifications over the past century, the Board of Visitors is presently composed of eleven members, all of whom are graduates of the Citadel.

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