Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
Issues: (1) Whether the district court erred when it failed to apply the presumption of good faith and to holistically analyze South Carolina Congressional District 1 and the South Carolina General Assembly's intent; (2) whether the district court erred in failing to enforce the alternative-map requirement in this circumstantial case; (3) whether …
Alex Murdaugh trial: What to know about the case of …
A South Carolina jury has found disgraced former attorney Alex Murdaugh guilty of murdering his wife and son at their country estate in 2021. The jury deliberated for less than three hours...
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The case records search is currently available for all counties in South Carolina: Abbeville, Aiken, Allendale, Anderson, Bamberg, Barnwell, Beaufort, Berkeley, Calhoun, …
Edwards v. South Carolina, 372 U.S. 229 (1963)
South Carolina, 372 U.S. 229 (1963) Edwards v. South Carolina No. 86 Argued December 13, 1962 Decided February 25, 1963 372 U.S. 229 CERTIORARI TO THE SUPREME COURT OF SOUTH CAROLINA Syllabus Feeling aggrieved by laws of South Carolina which allegedly "prohibited Negro privileges," petitioners, 187 Negro high …
How to Find South Carolina Court Records | CourtReference
It helps to understand how the South Carolina state court system works when you're trying to find court records. The South Carolina trial court system consists of Circuit Courts, Family Courts, Probate Courts, Magistrates Courts, and Municipal Courts . Circuit Courts have general jurisdiction over all civil and criminal cases and generally ...
SC Judicial Department
Supreme Court. General: The Supreme Court is the highest court in South Carolina. The Court is composed of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices who are elected to ten year terms by the General Assembly. The terms of the justices are staggered and a justice may be reelected to any number of terms. Appellate and Original Jurisdiction:
South Carolina Constitution Includes Abortion …
The South Carolina case concerned a law passed by the state legislature in 2021, which banned abortion after fetal cardiac activity is detected, typically around six weeks of pregnancy, with ...
Unsolved Missing and Murder Cases in South Carolina
In summary, there were about 17,721 homicides in South Carolina from 1980-2019. Since then, approximately 13,853 of those cases have been solved or seen resolution, leaving the state with only around 3,868 unsolved homicides remaining in South Carolina. The advances that have been made are mainly due to advances in forensic …
South Carolina Case Law :: South Carolina Law :: US Law
Decisions by the South Carolina Supreme Court are final unless the U.S. Supreme Court agrees to review an appeal of a decision. The middle level of the South Carolina state court system is the South Carolina Court of Appeals. This court consists of nine judges, who may hear cases in three-judge panels or as a whole.
Case Information | District of South Carolina | United States
District of South Carolina Honorable Helen E. Burris, Chief Judge • L. Jefferson Davis, IV, Clerk of Court. Search form. Search this site . Text Size: Decrease font size ... CM/ECF - Case Management/Electronic Case Files is an electronic case management and electronic case filing system for the federal Courts. CM/ECF allows 24-hour electronic ...
South Carolina Supreme Court Decisions 2023
South Carolina v. Brown Date: September 29, 2023 Docket Number: 28179 . Justia Opinion Summary: Corey Brown was convicted by jury of conspiracy to commit grand larceny, armed robbery, and kidnapping. In a post-trial motion, Brown moved for a new trial on several grounds, including the State's failure to disclose…
SC Supreme Court Opinions and Cases |
Description Date Docket # BROOKS v. BENORE LOGISTICS SYSTEMS INC (2024) April 10, 2024: Appellate Case No. 2022-000271 Opinion No. 28198: STATE v. COLLINS (2024)
Reeves v. South Carolina Municipal Insurance
A Town of Cottageville police officer shot and killed the former town Mayor Bert Reeves. A federal jury awarded Reeves' estate $97,500,000 in damages. The South Carolina Municipal Insurance and Risk Financing Fund, which insured the town, paid $10,000,000 to settle the federal lawsuit and two other lawsuits. The Settlement Agreement provided …
South Carolina Legal Research
United States District Court D South Carolina Orangeburg Division. United States District Court D South Carolina Rock Hill Division. Copied to clipboard. provides resources for South Carolina legal research including searchable database of the SC Cases : SC Court Opinions - SC Court Decisions.
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Westminster, SC 29693 (864) 647-4705: Party name: John Dalen: Attorneys for Respondent: William M. Blitch Jr. South Carolina Attorney General's Office Post Office Box 11549 Columbia, SC 29211 [email protected] (803) …
Quick Reference Guide to Juvenile Court in South Carolina
Citations to South Carolina statutes and cases used throughout this guide are formatted as concisely as possible, and therefore, are not necessarily appropriate for formal citations in pleadings and papers filed with the family court. South Carolina statutes are cited as § __-__-__ (e.g., § 63-3-651 instead of S.C. Code Ann. § 633-651 (2010)).
Alexander v. South Carolina State Conference of the NAACP
The suit alleged that South Carolina violated these principles. After a two-week trial, a panel of three federal judges unanimously concluded that South Carolina's congressional map is unconstitutional. The court found that the legislature imposed a racial target of 17% in Congressional District 1—the coastal district from which tens of ...
Treasurer Denies South Carolina Senate Accusation He …
South Carolina state Sen. Larry Grooms, R-Bonneau, center, talks about a report about $1.8 billion found in an account created by the state Treasurer's Office as state Sen. Mike Fanning, D-Great ...
Lucas v. South Carolina Coastal Council, 505 U.S. 1003 (1992)
Argued March 2, 1992-Decided June 29, 1992. In 1986, petitioner Lucas bought two residential lots on a South Carolina barrier island, intending to build single-family homes such as those on the immediately adjacent parcels. At that time, Lucas's lots were not subject to the State's coastal zone building permit requirements.
South Carolina Supreme Court Decisions 2021
Greenville Bistro, LLC. v. Greenville County Date: December 8, 2021 Docket Number: 28072 . Justia Opinion Summary: In consolidated appeals filed by Greenville County, South Carolina, the issue central to the cases involved a zoning dispute between the County and Greenville Bistro, LLC, d/b/a Bucks Racks & Ribs. Greenville Bistro
Supreme Court to decide South Carolina racial gerrymander case
On October 11, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments in a voting rights case – Alexander v.South Carolina Conference of the NAACP – that will decide whether the Republican-controlled South Carolina legislature deliberately considered race when drawing new congressional district maps after the 2020 census. In January, a three …
South Carolina Supreme Court Decisions :: South Carolina Case …
Located in Columbia, the South Carolina Supreme Court holds exclusive appellate jurisdiction over cases involving the death penalty, elections, state utility rates, and certain situations related to state grand juries and abortions by minors.
SC Judicial Department
In 1974 a uniform case numbering system was adopted for cases filed in South Carolina courts. Each case number identifies the year (two digits), court (CP, GS, DR, or JU), county (numeric code) and sequential number of that case within a given calendar year. For example, case number 2012-CP-40-000147 would be the 147th Common Pleas case …
South Carolina Case Law :: South Carolina Law :: US …
South Carolina Case Law. The South Carolina state court system is divided into three levels. The highest court in South Carolina is the South Carolina Supreme Court, …
SC Judicial Branch
Overview: The South Carolina Appellate Court Public Index is a public access site for the South Carolina Appellate Court Case Management System. This site provides access to information regarding cases filed with the Supreme Court of South Carolina and the South Carolina Court of Appeals. On this site, a user is able to view events and other ...
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South Carolina v. Dickey :: 2011
Petitioner Jason Dickey appealed a court of appeals' decision that affirmed his conviction of voluntary manslaughter. Petitioner worked as a security guard at an apartment building when on the night of April 29, 2004, an intoxicated water balloon toss among residents turned into a heated argument. The prank so angered visitor Joshua Boot that he …
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South Carolina Supreme Court Decisions. Located in Columbia, the South Carolina Supreme Court holds exclusive appellate jurisdiction over cases involving the …
South Carolina Supreme Court Decisions 2021
South Carolina v. Jones. Date: December 8, 2021. Docket Number: 28074. Justia Opinion Summary: Arguing that a drug raid of his home violated the Fourth …
South Carolina v. Katzenbach | Constitution Center
South Carolina contends that the cases cited above are precedents only for the authority of the judiciary to strike down state statutes and procedures – that to allow an exercise of this authority by Congress would be to rob the courts of their rightful constitutional role. On the contrary, §2 of the Fifteenth Amendment expressly declares ...