FULLBRIGHT v. SPINNAKER RESORTS, INC.

Opinion No. 27720.

420 S.C. 265 (2017)

802 S.E.2d 794

Paula FULLBRIGHT and Mark Fullbright, Plaintiffs, v. SPINNAKER RESORTS, INC., d/b/a Spinnaker Resorts South Carolina, Inc., Defendant. and Paul Chenard and Rebecca Chenard, Plaintiffs, v. Hilton Head Island Development Co., L.L.C., d/b/a Coral Resorts and Sunrise Vacation Properties, Ltd., d/b/a Coral Resorts, Defendants. James Nichols and Irene Nichols, Plaintiffs, v. Hilton Head Island Development Co., L.L.C., Sunrise Vacation Properties, Ltd., Sherri J. Smith, Patrick Budnik, and Robert Lauderman, d/b/a Coral Resorts, Defendants. Linda Renchkovsky, Plaintiff, v. Coral Resorts, L.L.C. and Sunrise Vacation Properties, Ltd., d/b/a Coral Resorts, Defendants. Robert Curry, Jr. and Monica R. Curry, Plaintiffs, v. Hilton Head Island Development Co., L.L.C., d/b/a Coral Resorts and Sunrise Vacation Properties, Ltd., d/b/a Coral Resorts, Defendants. Charles Olenick and Karen Maniscalco, Plaintiffs, v. Coral Resorts, L.L.C. and Sunrise Vacation Properties, Ltd., d/b/a Coral Resorts, Defendants. Phillip Ross and Kimberly Ross, Plaintiffs, v. Hilton Head Island Development Co., L.L.C., Sunrise Vacation Properties, Ltd., Sherri J. Smith, David Watson, and Sheldon Stanhope, Defendants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed May 17, 2017.

Rehearing Denied August 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph DuBois and Zach S. Naert , both of Naert & DuBois, L.L.C., of Hilton Head Island, for Plaintiffs.

Barry L. Johnson , of Johnson & Davis, P.A., of Bluffton, for Defendant Spinnaker Resorts, Inc., d/b/a Spinnaker Resorts South Carolina, Inc. Nekki Shutt , Kathleen M. McDaniel , and Jacqueline M. Pavlicek , all of Callison Tighe & Robinson, L.L.C., of Columbia, for Defendants Coral Resorts, L.L.C. and Hilton Head Island Development Co., L.L.C.; Thornwell F. Sowell, III and Bess J. DuRant , both of Sowell Gray Stepp & Laffitte, L.L.C., of Columbia, for Defendants Sunrise Vacation Properties, Ltd., Sherri J. Smith, David Watson, Sheldon Stanhope, and Robert Lauderman; and James E. Smith, Jr. , of James E. Smith, Jr., P.A., of Columbia, for Defendants.

Angus H. Macaulay and Michael P. Scott , both of Nexsen Pruet, LLC, of Columbia, for amicus curiae, American Resort Development Association. R. Hawthorne Barrett , of Turner Padget Graham & Laney, P.A., of Columbia, for amicus curiae, Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce.


CERTIFIED QUESTIONS

The Court agreed to answer the following certified questions from the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina:

1. Does the South Carolina Real Estate Commission have exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether a violation...

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