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JOHNSON v. COLLINS ENTERTAINMENT CO., INC.

No. 25474.

349 S.C. 613 (2002)

564 S.E.2d 653

Joan Caldwell JOHNSON, Bryce Anderson, Lorraine Witherspoon Baker, William Bell, Faye Blaylock, Sara Edell Boan, Mike Brewer, Mike Brown, Ronald Callahan, Sandra Coulter, Lisa Crum, Andreas Drutis, Darryl Bernard Epps, Buster Elfin Floyd, Deanna Kay Frans, William Joseph Harnett, Jr., George Henley, Loretta Jones, Margaret Locklear, Tammy Locklear, Linda McCleod, William McCormick, Hugh Meise, Patty Miller, Andrew Nobles, Gary Padgett, Mary Pinchback, Vardry Pittman, Albert J. Samra, Mason Skeenes, Danny Kay Smith, Amber Strickland, Charles Stubbs, Lonya Thigpen, James Thompson, Joseph Chester Walker, Jessie Williams, Valerie Williams, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. COLLINS ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY, INC., Ace Amusement, LLC, American Amusement Company, Inc., American Amusement of Aiken, Inc., B & J Amusement, Best Amusement Co., Broyles & Lutz, Inc., CBA Games, Inc., Carousel Amusements, Coley, Inc., Drew Industries, Fast Freddies, Great Games, Inc., Greenwood Music Co., Inc., H & J of South Carolina, Inc., Holliday Amusement Company of Charleston, Inc., Hoyts Music Co., Inc., Huckleberry Amusement, Inc., Ingram Investments, J.M. Brown Amusement Co., Inc., Joytime Distributors & Amusement, MHJ Corporation, MHS Enterprises, Inc., Martin Coin Machine, Inc., McDonald Amusement Co., Midlands Gaming Corp., Pedroland, Inc., R.L. Jordan Oil Co. of North Carolina, Red Dot Amusements, Rosemary Coin Machines of Florence, Inc., Scott's Vending Inc. of Columbia, Sumter Petroleum Co., Tim's Amusement, Inc., Video-Matic Amusements, Inc., H. Hugh Andrews, II, Pamela A. Andrews, Dwayne I. Bohannon, J.M. Brown, Don E. Broyles, Grace E. Coley, Fred Collins, J. Samuel Cox, Kenneth G. Flowe, Carey Hardee, Scott G. Hogue, Lowell E. Holden, Patricia Holliday, Warren P. Holliday, Henry E. Ingram, Steven E. Lipscomb, Tim Mahon, Jimmy Martin, Jr., Cynthia McDonald, James McDonald, Allan Schaefer, David R. Simpson, Ron Simpson, Mickey H. Stacks, William Darwin Wheeler, and Hershel L. Williamson, Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 28, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence Edward Richter, Jr., and David K. Haller, both of The Richter Firm, of Mt. Pleasant; R. Randall Bridwell, of Columbia; and Richard Mark Gergel, W. Allen Nickles, III, Carl L. Solomon and David E. Rothstein, of Gergel, Nickles & Solomon, of Columbia, all for Plaintiffs.

Dwight F. Drake, C. Mitchell Brown, B. Rush Smith, III, Zoe Sanders Nettles and R. Bruce Shaw, all of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough; A. Camden Lewis, Mary Geiger Lewis and Mark W. Hardee, of Lewis Babcock & Hawkins, L.L.P., all of Columbia, for Exhibit A Defendants.

Richard A. Harpootlian, of Richard A. Harpootlian, P.A., of Columbia, for Exhibit B Defendants.

J. Boone Aiken, III, of Aiken, Bridges, Nunn, Elliott & Tyler, of Florence; and James B. Richardson, Jr., of Richardson & Birdsong, of Columbia, for Defendant Pedroland, Inc.

TOAL, Chief Justice.

We agreed to answer the following questions certified by the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina:

I. Does the ruling in Video Gaming Consultants v. South Carolina Dep't of Revenue, 342 S.C. 34, 535 S.E.2d 642 (2000), apply to the second phrase in S.C.Code Ann. § 12-21-2804(B) prohibiting the offering of "special inducements" or...

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