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BALLARD v. NEWBERRY COUNTY

Opinion No. 5787.

432 S.C. 526 (2021)

854 S.E.2d 848

Desa BALLARD, Appellant/Respondent, v. NEWBERRY COUNTY, Respondent/Appellant.

Court of Appeals of South Carolina.

Filed January 13, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Desa Ballard, Appellant/Respondent, Pro Se.

Boyd B. Nicholson, Jr. , and Sarah P. Spruill , of Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A., both of Greenville, for Respondent/Appellant.

This case is about whether there is a private right of action when public records have been inadvertently destroyed. It involves two chapters in Title 30 of the South Carolina Code: Chapter 1 (from here forward, the "Public Records Act") and Chapter 4 (the Freedom of Information Act, commonly called FOIA).

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