Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
C. Mitchell Brown and B. Rush Smith, III, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., of Columbia, for Named and Class Defendants/Appellants.
General Counsel & Deputy Director Harry T. Cooper, Jr., Chief Counsel for Revenue Litigation Ronald W. Urban, and Counsel for Revenue Litigation Joe S. Dusenbury, Jr., all of Columbia, for Named Defendant/Appellant South Carolina Department of Revenue.
Robert E. Stepp and Elizabeth Van Doren Gray, of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, of Columbia, and H. Spencer King of Leatherwood Walker Todd & Mann, of Spartanburg, for Named Defendant/Appellant Municipal Association of South Carolina.
Thornwell F. Sowell of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC, of Columbia, for Named Defendant/Appellant South Carolina Association of Counties.
H. Sam Mabry, III, J. Derrick Quattlebaum, and Matthew P. Utecht, of Greenville, for Named Defendant/Appellant Greenville Hospital System.
Edwin E. Evans and Henry J. White, of Columbia, for Class Defendant/ Appellant State Budget and Control Board, South Carolina Retirement Systems.
Attorney General Charles M. Condon, Deputy Attorney General Treva G. Ashworth, Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., of Columbia, for Defendant/Appellant State Class Defendants; James R. Allen of Barnes, Alford, Stork and Johnson, LLP, of Columbia, for Defendant/Appellant State Education Assistance Authority.
William C. Hubbard and Dwight Drake of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., of Columbia, for Class Defendant/Appellant South Carolina Public Service Authority; C. Mitchell Brown and B. Rush Smith, III, of Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., of Columbia, for Intervenors/Appellants; Wilburn Brewer, Jr., and Thomas C.R. Legare of Nexsen Pruet Jacobs & Pollard, LLP, of Columbia, for Class Defendants/Appellants 42 Putative Class Members.
James W. Sheedy and W. Chaplin Spencer, Jr., of Spencer & Spencer, P.A., of Rock Hill, for Class Defendants/Appellants York County Natural Gas Authority of Rock Hill, South Carolina Lancaster County Natural Gas Authority, Rock Hill Housing Authority, and Fort Mill Housing Authority.
Charles E. Carpenter, Jr., and Sam G. Stathos, of Richardson, Plowden, Carpenter & Robinson, P.A., of Columbia, for Class Defendants/Appellants Morris College, Voorhees College, and Newberry College.
Steve A. Matthews, Manton M. Grier, and Phillip Florence, Jr., of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., of Columbia, for Class Defendants/Appellants Local Entities.
David S. Black, of Howell, Gibson & Hughes, of Beaufort, for Appellant Beaufort County EMS.
David L. Morrison, of Davidson, Morrison & Lindeman, of Columbia, for Defendants/Appellants City of Irmo, City of Williamston, Sumter County Clerk of Court, Abbeville County, Chester County, Greenwood County, and McCormick County.
Michael N. Duncan, of Whiteside-Smith Firm, of Spartanburg, Appellant City of Chesne, City of Cowpens and City of Wellford.
Emma Ruth Brittain, of Thompson Law Firm, of Myrtle Beach, for Appellant Claflin University.
James R. Thompson, of Saint-Amand, Thompson & Brown, of Gaffney, for Appellant Gaffney Board of Public Works.
J. Michael Turner, of Turner, Able & Burney, of Laurens, for Appellant Laurens County Hospital.
Steven M. Pruitt, of McDonald, Patrick, Tinsley, Baggett & Poston, of Greenwood, for Defendant/Appellant Self Memorial Hospital.
Edwin C. Haskell, III, Smith & Haskell, of Spartanburg, for Appellants Spartanburg Regional Medical Center and B.J. Workman Memorial Hospital.
D. Garrison Hill, of Hill & Hill, of Greenville, for Unnamed Class Defendants/Appellants Greer Commission of Public Woks and Seneca Light and Water Plant.
Nancy T. Hobbs of McDonald, Patrick, Tinsley, Baggett & Poston, L.L.P., of Greenwood, for Class Defendants/Appellants Greenwood Commissioners of Public Works and Erskine College.
Kenneth C. Anthony, Jr., of the Anthony Law Firn, and Patrick E. Knie, of Patrick E. Knie, P.A. both of Spartanburg for Plaintiffs/Respondents.