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COX v. COUNTY OF FLORENCE

No. 25023.

337 S.C. 340 (1999)

523 S.E.2d 776

Kimberly McKnight COX, Clarice Kirby, and James Lynch, Appellants, v. The COUNTY OF FLORENCE and Eugene Cooper, as Chief Magistrate for Florence County, South Carolina, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 6, 1999.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Lewis Cromer of Cromer and Mabry, and Benjamin A. Dunn, II, of Dunn, Dunn and Mitchell, both of Columbia, for appellants.

James C. Rushton, III, of The Hyman Law Firm, and County Attorney Dale R. Samuels, both of Florence, for respondents.

WALLER, Justice:

This appeal involves a challenge to the pay scale of part-time magistrates in Florence County. We affirm in part, reverse in part.

FACTS

Appellants in this matter are three part-time magistrates, each scheduled to work 27 hours per week.1 However, each of the magistrates testified they had to work additional hours in order to fulfill their job responsibilities. They filed this lawsuit in July 1996, claiming...

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