EX PARTE CONDON

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Deputy Attorney General Treva G. Ashworth, Assistant Deputy Attorney General Robert D. Cook, Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., all of Columbia, for Appellant.

A. Camden Lewis and Ariail E. King, both of Lewis, Babcock & Hawkins, of Columbia; and Richard A. Harpootlian, of Columbia, for Respondent C. Bruce Littlejohn. Ronald W. Urban, of South Carolina Department of Revenue, of Columbia, for Respondents State of South Carolina and South Carolina Department of Revenue. Burnet R. Maybank, III, of Nexsen, Pruet, Jacobs & Pollard, of Columbia; and Paul A. Dominick, of Nexsen, Pruet, Jacobs, Pollard & Robinson, of Charleston, for Respondent Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Bernie W. Ellis, of McNair Law Firm, of Greenville, for Respondent CVS Pharmacy, Inc. Erik P. Doerring, of McNair Law Firm, of Columbia, for Respondents KMART Corporation and S.C. Hyatt Corporation. B. Rush Smith, III, of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, of Columbia; and John C. von Lehe, Jr., of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough, of Charleston, for Respondents Eckerd Corporation d/b/a Eckerd Drugs and Winn-Dixie, Raleigh, Inc. Marvin D. Infinger, of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, of Charleston, for Respondents Piggly Wiggly Retail Stores and Piggly Wiggly # 2, Inc. Charles H. Williams, of Williams & Williams, of Orangeburg, for Respondent Piggly Wiggly # 75, Inc. William H. Morrison, of Moore & Van Allen, of Charleston, for Respondent Harris Teeter, Inc.

Gene M. Connell, Jr., of Kelaher, Connell & Connor, P.C., of Surfside Beach, for Amicus Curiae.