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LITTLEFIELD v. S.C. FORESTRY COM'N

No. 25036.

337 S.C. 348 (1999)

523 S.E.2d 781

Catherine LITTLEFIELD, Vivian Martin, and Jeremy James, for themselves and all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. SOUTH CAROLINA FORESTRY COMMISSION, South Carolina Department of Mental Health, both as representatives of all agencies of the State of South Carolina; Richard Eckstrom, in his official capacity as Treasurer of the State of South Carolina, South Carolina Budget and Control Board Division of Human Resources, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided December 20, 1999.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Armand Derfner, Peter Wilborn, and Ray P. McClain, all of Charleston, for appellants.

Vance J. Bettis, of Gignilliat, Savitz & Bettis; Edwin E. Evans, Office of General Counsel, S.C. Budget and Control Board; and Samuel L. Wilkins, Office of Human Resources, S.C. Budget and Control Board, all of Columbia, for respondents.

WALLER, Justice:

At issue in this appeal is the manner in which state agencies calculate pay for unused annual leave of terminated, deceased, and retiring state employees. The methodology employed by state agencies differs depending upon whether the state employee is terminated, retires, or dies. The circuit court upheld the agencies' methodology, finding no equal protection violation in the disparate treatment accorded different employees. The court also denied employees...

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