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ALSTON v. BLACK RIVER ELECTRIC CO-OP.

No. 25310.

345 S.C. 323 (2001)

548 S.E.2d 858

Michael ALSTON, Petitioner, v. BLACK RIVER ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 25, 2001

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert P. Wood, of Rogers Townsend & Thomas, PC, of Columbia, for petitioner.

Hoover C. Blanton and Pope D. Johnson, III, of McCutchen, Blanton, Rhodes & Johnson, of Columbia, for respondent.

Wilburn Brewer, Jr., and Ashley C. Biggers, of Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard, LLC, of Columbia, and Robert E. Tyson, Jr., of Cayce, for Amicus Curiae, The Electric Cooperatives of South Carolina, Inc.

WALLER, Justice:

This case presents the novel issue of whether members of an electric cooperative should be per se disqualified from serving on a jury when the cooperative is a party. Affirming the trial court, the Court of Appeals rejected a rule of per se disqualification. Alston v. Black River Elec. Coop., 338 S.C. 543, 527 S.E.2d 119 (Ct.App.2000). We granted a writ of certiorari...

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