S.C. PUBLIC INTEREST FOUND. v. COURSON

Opinion No. 5486.

420 S.C. 120 (2017)

801 S.E.2d 185

SOUTH CAROLINA PUBLIC INTEREST FOUNDATION and William B. Depass, Jr., individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellants, v. Senator John E. COURSON, Senator Darrell Jackson, Senator Joel Lourie, Senator John L. Scott, Jr., and The State of South Carolina, Respondents.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed May 11, 2017.

Rehearing Denied June 23, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James G. Carpenter , of Carpenter Law Firm, PC, of Greenville, for Appellants.

Deputy Solicitor General J. Emory Smith, Jr. , of Columbia, for Respondent The State of South Carolina; Edward Houseal Bender and Kenneth M. Moffitt , both of Columbia, for Respondents John E. Courson, Darrell Jackson, Joel Lourie, and John L. Scott, Jr.


The South Carolina Public Interest Foundation (SC Public Interest) appeals the circuit court's order denying SC Public Interest's motion for attorney's fees and costs, arguing the state action statute, section 15-77-300 of the South Carolina Code (Supp. 2016), applies to Senators John E. Courson...

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