WILSON EX REL. STATE v. CITY OF COLUMBIA

Opinion No. 28056.

434 S.C. 206 (2021)

863 S.E.2d 456

Alan WILSON, Attorney General, EX REL. STATE of South Carolina, Petitioner, v. CITY OF COLUMBIA, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Filed September 2, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Attorney General Alan Wilson , Solicitor General Robert D. Cook , and Deputy Solicitor General J. Emory Smith Jr. , all of Columbia, for Petitioner.

Teresa A. Knox and Patrick L. Wright , Richard A. Harpootlian , Christopher Phillip Kenney all of Columbia, for Respondent.

W. Allen Nickles III , of Nickles Law Firm, LLC, of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae South Carolina Education Association.

B. Eric Shytle , of the Municipal Association of South Carolina, and James H. Goldin , of Jamey Goldin, Esq., both of Columbia, for Amicus Curiae Municipal Association of South Carolina.

Wilbur E. Johnson and Julia P. Copeland , of Charleston, and Kathleen F. Monoc , of Monoc Law, LLC, of Charleston, all for Amicus Curiae City of Charleston.

Elizabeth A. McLean , of Columbia, and Danny C. Crowe , of Crowe LaFave, LLC, of Columbia, both for Amicus Curiae Richland County.


South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson brings this declaratory judgment action in our original jurisdiction. This is the second case involving legislation passed by our General Assembly concerning the use of facemasks in the public schools of South Carolina during the coronavirus pandemic. Recently, we construed Proviso 117...

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