CHARLESTON COUNTY PARENTS v. MOSELEY

No. 25231.

343 S.C. 509 (2001)

541 S.E.2d 533

CHARLESTON COUNTY PARENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS, INC., the City of Charleston, Robert B. Kizer, William M. and Lynn Rogers, and Mary Priest, Plaintiffs, v. Peggy MOSELEY, in Her Official Capacity as Auditor for Charleston County School District, Defendant.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided January 16, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Craver, III, Craver, Hagood & Kerr, Charleston, for plaintiff Charleston County Parents for Public Schools.

William B. Regan, Carl W. Stent, Charleston, for plaintiffs City of Charleston, Robert B. Kizer William M., and Lynn Rogers, and Mary Priest.

Robert N. Rosen, Alice F. Paylor and Donald B. Clark, Rosen, Goodstein & Hagood, Charleston, for defendant Charleston County School District.

Samuel W. Howell, IV, W. Kurt Taylor, Joseph Dawson, III, Bernard E. Ferrara, Jr., Charleston, for defendant Peggy Moseley.

M. William Youngblood, McNair Law Firm, Charleston, for amicus curiae Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce.


TOAL, Chief Justice:

The Charleston County Parents for Public Schools ("Petitioners") filed this proceeding against Peggy Moseley ("County Auditor"), the auditor for Charleston County, in the Court's original jurisdiction to determine whether the Charleston County School District's Board of Trustees ("School Board") has authority to impose a tax levy in excess of ninety mills1 to operate the public school system in Charleston County.<...

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