CROFT v. TOWN OF SUMMERVILLE

Opinion No. 28036.

433 S.C. 473 (2021)

860 S.E.2d 352

Faye P. CROFT, Personally and AS TRUSTEE OF the JAMES A. CROFT TRUST; James A. Croft Trust; William A. Harbeson; Heyward G. Hutson; James Stephen Greene, Jr.; South Carolina Public Interest Foundation; Summerville Preservation Society; and Dorchester County Taxpayers Association, individually, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Petitioners, v. TOWN OF SUMMERVILLE and Town of Summerville Board of Architectural Review, Respondents.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed June 16, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Rose , of Mike Rose Law Firm, PC, of Summerville, and W. Andrew Gowder Jr. , of Austen & Gowder, LLC, of Charleston, for Petitioners.

G. Waring Parker , of G. Waring Parker Law Firm, LLC, of Summerville, and Timothy Alan Domin , of Clawson & Staubes, LLC, of Charleston, for Respondents.

Jay Bender , of Baker, Ravenel and Bender, LLP, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Press Association.


In this appeal, several Summerville residents and public interest groups (Petitioners) ask the Court to invalidate approval granted by the Town of Summerville Board of Architectural Review (the Board) for construction of a proposed development project (the Project). Petitioners contend the Board violated the Freedom of Information...

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