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BURRISS v. ANDERSON COUNTY BD. OF EDUC.

No. 26175.

369 S.C. 443 (2006)

633 S.E.2d 482

William Mack BURRISS, E. Lee McPherson, and Anderson County School District Five, Appellants, v. ANDERSON COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION, Governor of the State of South Carolina, Lieutenant Governor of the State of South Carolina, and Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 26, 2006.

Rehearing Denied July 20, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Childs, William F. Halligan, John M. Reagle, and Keith R. Powell, all of Childs & Halligan, P.A., of Columbia, for Appellants.

Michael J. Giese and Seann Gray Tzouvelekas, both of Leatherwood, Walker, Todd, & Mann, of Greenville, for Respondent Anderson County Board of Education.

Attorney General Henry Dargan McMaster and Assistant Deputy Attorney General J. Emory Smith, Jr., both of Columbia, for Respondents Governor of the State of South Carolina, Lieutenant Governor of the State of South Carolina, and Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives.

Justice WALLER:

This is a direct appeal from the circuit court's decision in favor of respondents on cross-motions for summary judgment. At issue is whether Anderson County's two-tiered school governance system violates the Equal Protection clause of the federal constitution and the South Carolina Constitution's guarantees of no taxation without representation and uniform taxation within a jurisdiction. Essentially, appellants...

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