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CANNON v. GA. ATTY. GEN. OFFICE

No. 27119.

397 S.C. 541 (2012)

725 S.E.2d 698

Ex parte David G. CANNON, Appellant, v. GEORGIA ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE; South Carolina Attorney General's Office; Terry Brown; Romunzo Brown; Forlando Brown, Darren Lumar, M & T Bank; Tommie Rae Hynie Brown; Stephen L. Slotchiver, the Guardian ad Litem of James B., II; Larry Brown, Daryl Brown, Individually and on behalf of his minor children, Lindsey B. and Janise B.; Vanisha Brown; Deanna J. Brown Thomas, Individually and on behalf of her minor child Jackson B.; Yamma N. Brown Lumar, Individually and on behalf of her minor children, Sydney L. and Carrington L.; Tonya Brown; Robert L. Buchanan, Jr. and Adele J. Pope, as Special Administrators; Albert Dallas and Alfred A. Bradley, as Personal Representatives of the Estate of James Brown, a/k/a James Joseph Brown, Respondents, In re: The Estate of James Brown, a/k/a James Joseph Brown, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided May 2, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max N. Pickelsimer , of Warner, Payne & Black, of Columbia, for Appellant.

Attorney General Alan Wilson , Senior Assistant Attorney General C. Havird Jones, Jr. , Assistant Deputy Attorney General Robert D. Cook , Assistant Attorney General J.C. Nicholson, III , Assistant Attorney General Mary Frances Jowers , all of Columbia; Louis Levenson , of Atlanta; Matthew Day Bodman , of Columbia; Robert N. Rosen , T. Heyward Carter, Jr. , S. Alan Medlin , and David L. Michel , all of Rosen Law Firm, of Charleston; and William W. Wilkins , J. David Black , Fred L. Kingsmore, Jr. , all of Nexsen Pruet, of Columbia, for Respondents.

Albert P. Shahid, Jr. , of Charleston, for Guardian Ad Litem.

Justice BEATTY:

David G. Cannon appeals from an order of the circuit court awarding attorneys' fees and costs to opposing counsel in this contempt action. Cannon contends the circuit court erred (1) in failing to find the issue of attorneys' fees was moot because he had served his jail sentence for contempt, and (2) in ordering him to pay attorneys' fees and expenses incurred in matters unrelated to the contemptuous conduct for which he was sanctioned. We affirm as...

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