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OSPREY, INC. v. CABANA LTD. PARTNERSHIP

No. 25124.

340 S.C. 367 (2000)

532 S.E.2d 269

OSPREY, INC. and W. Andrew Leheup, Petitioners, v. CABANA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, a South Carolina limited partnership; Maritime Development Corp., a South Carolina corporation; Bluewater Associates; William J. Reiner; Tompkins & McMaster, a South Carolina general partnership; George Hunter McMaster, and Henry Dargan McMaster, Defendants, of whom Cabana Limited Partnership, Maritime Development Corp., Bluewater Associates, and William J. Reiner are Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 15, 2000.

Rehearing Denied June 6, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Camden Lewis and Mark W. Hardee of Lewis, Babcock & Hawkins, L.L.P. Columbia, for petitioners.

Nelda T. Smyrl of Columbia and George Hunter McMaster of Tompkins & McMaster, Columbia, for respondents.

WALLER, Justice:

This case raises the issue of the continuing vitality of the common law doctrine of champerty, an issue this Court has not substantively addressed since 1830. The circuit court dismissed certain actions in a lawsuit brought by Osprey, Inc., and Andrew Leheup ("Plaintiffs") against Cabana Limited Partnership, Maritime Development Corp., Bluewater Associates, and William J. Reiner ("Defendants"). The Court of Appeals affirmed in part, reversed in part...

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