HORRY TELEPHONE CO-OP. v. GEORGETOWN

No. 27394.

408 S.C. 348 (2014)

759 S.E.2d 132

HORRY TELEPHONE COOPERATIVE, INC., Appellant, v. CITY OF GEORGETOWN, and the South Carolina Secretary of State, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided June 4, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dominic Allen Starr and Alan Grant Jones , both of McAngus, Goudelock, & Courie, LLC, of Myrtle Beach, for Appellant.

Douglas Charles Baxter , of Richardson Plowden & Robinson, PA, of Myrtle Beach , Andrew F. Lindemann , of Davidson & Lindemann, PA, of Columbia, for Respondent.


Justice PLEICONES.

This issue on appeal is whether the City of Georgetown's denial of multiple franchise applications by Horry Telephone Cooperative Inc. to provide cable television was a violation of the South Carolina Competitive Cable Services Act (the Act), S.C.Code Ann. § 58-12-5 et seq. (Supp.2013).1 We hold that it was not.

FACTS

Appellant, Horry Telephone Cooperative Inc. (HTC), is a telecommunications company...

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