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SANFORD v. STATE ETHICS COM'N

No. 26741.

385 S.C. 483 (2009)

685 S.E.2d 600

Governor Mark SANFORD, Petitioner, v. SOUTH CAROLINA STATE ETHICS COMMISSION and Herbert R. Hayden, Jr., in his official capacity as Executive Director of the State Ethics Commission, Respondents, The Honorable Robert W. Harrell, Jr., Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Intervenor. and The Honorable Robert W. Harrell, Jr., Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Petitioner, v. South Carolina State Ethics Commission and Herbert R. Hayden, Jr., in his official capacity as Executive Director of the State Ethics Commission, Respondents, Governor Mark Sanford, Intervenor.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided November 5, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karl S. Bowers, Jr., Kevin A. Hall, and M. Todd Carroll, all of Columbia, for Petitioner and Intervenor Governor Mark Sanford.

Charles F. Reid, Bradley S. Wright, Bonnie B. Goldsmith and Patrick G. Dennis, all of Columbia, for Petitioner and Intervenor Speaker Robert W. Harrell, Jr.

Cathy L. Hazelwood, of Columbia, for Respondents South Carolina State Ethics Commission and Herbert R. Hayden, Jr., in his official capacity as Executive Director of the State Ethics Commission.

Justice WALLER.

These matters involve the confidentiality of an ethics investigation involving Governor Mark Sanford which is currently pending before the South Carolina State Ethics Commission (Commission).

PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

On September 30, 2009, Governor Sanford petitioned this Court for a writ of mandamus directing the Commission to comply with the statute and regulations regarding confidentiality of Commission proceedings. More specifically...

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