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JUSTICE HEARN: This case requires us to reconcile two competing principles of our democratic tradition. First, embodied in the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act, Title 30, Chapter 4 of the South Carolina Code (the FOIA), is the principle of an open, transparent system of government, vital to maintaining an informed electorate and preventing the secret exercise of governmental power with its potential corruption. Juxtap

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Court of Appeals Patricia Damico and Lenna Lucas, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Joshua and Brettany Buetow, Edward and Sylvia Dengg, Jonathan and Theresa Douglass, Anthony and Stacey Ray, Danny and Ellen Davis Morrow, Czara and Chad England, Bryan and Cynthia Camara, and Matthew Collins, Respondents, v. Lennar Carolinas, LLC, Spring Grove Plantation Development, Inc., Manale Landscaping, LLC, Super Concrete

Justice MOORE: Petitioner, The Island Packet, commenced this action by filing a petition for original jurisdiction. The petition arose from three decisions by the Administrative Law Court (ALC). Island Packet contends the ALC engaged in closed, interlocutory reviews of the Board of Medical Examiner's (Board's) attempts to regulate a physician who may have a serious substance abuse problem. Island Packet requests we require the ALC

USCA4 Appeal: 23-1281 Doc: 57 Filed: 03/15/2024 Pg: 1 of 17 PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT No. 23-1281 DAVID ANNOR, Petitioner, v. MERRICK B. GARLAND, Attorney General, Respondent. ----

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge WIDENER and Judge MOON joined. WILKINSON, Circuit Judge: A jury convicted Kenneth Grossman of possessing 500 or more grams of cocaine with the intent to distribute it, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841 (2000). Grossman appeals his conviction by challenging the validity of the thr

574 S.E.2d 180 (2002) STATE PROPERTIES, LLC, Plaintiff, v. Calvin A. RAY, Madeline C. Ray and the Estate of Beatrice B. Jones, Defendants. No. COA02-305. Court of Appeals of North Carolina. December 31, 2002. *182 Herring McBennet Mills & Finkelstein, PLLC, by Mark Anderson Finkelstein and Stephen W. Petersen, Raleigh, for pl

291 S.C. 420 (1987) 354 S.E.2d 36 Douglas L. SMITH, as Administrator of the Estate of Infant Smith, Appellant v. T. Ravenel SMITH, M.D., Respondent. Johnnie Mae SMITH, Appellant v. T. Ravenel SMITH, M.D., Respondent. 22683 Supreme Court of South Carolina. Heard December 12, 1986. Decided March 16, 1987.

PUBLISHED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,  Plaintiff-Appellee, v.  No. 03-4490 KENNETH GROSSMAN, Defendant-Appellant.  Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Maryland, at Baltimore. Catherine C. Blake, Distric

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court Patricia Damico and Lenna Lucas, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Joshua and Brettany Buetow, Edward and Sylvia Dengg, Jonathan and Theresa Douglass, Anthony and Stacey Ray, Danny and Ellen Davis Morrow, Czara and Chad England, Bryan and Cynthia Camara, and Matthew Collins, Respondents, v. Lennar Carolinas, LLC, Spring Grove Plantation Development, Inc., Manale Landscaping, LLC, Super Concrete of

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court Jennifer Pinckney, Howard Duvall, and Kay Patterson, Petitioners, v. Harvey Peeler, in his official capacity as President of the South Carolina Senate; and James H. Lucas, in his official capacity as Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Respondents. Appellate Case No. 2020-000970 ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Opinion No. 28062 Heard May 25, 2021 – Filed September 22, 202

Opinion EVERETT, Chief Judge: After appellant had contested charges alleging unpremeditated murder and adultery, the military judge sitting alone as a general court-martial convicted him of involuntary manslaughter and adultery, in violation of Articles 119 and 134, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 919 and 934, respectively. Appellant was sentenced to a bad-conduct discharge, confinem

795 F.Supp.2d 219 (2011) UNITED STATES of America, v. Sandra HATFIELD and David H. Brooks, Defendants. No. 06-CR-0550 (JS). United States District Court, E.D. New York. June 14, 2011. *221 Richard Thomas Lunger, Jr., Esq., Christopher Allen Ott, Esq., Christopher Charles Caffarone, Esq., James Halleron Knapp, Esq., James M. Miski

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court Jennifer Pinckney, Howard Duvall, and Kay Patterson, Petitioners, v. Harvey Peeler, in his official capacity as President of the South Carolina Senate; and James H. Lucas, in his official capacity as Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives, Respondents. Appellate Case No. 2020-000970 ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Opinion No. 28062 Heard May 25, 2021 – Filed September 22, 202

113 F.Supp.2d 5 (2000) Reginald G. MOORE, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Lawrence SUMMERS, Secretary U.S. Department of the Treasury, Defendant. No. CIV.A. 00-0953(RWR). United States District Court, District of Columbia. September 8, 2000. *6 *7 John Peter Relman, Christine R. Ladd, Relman & Asso

EXUM, Chief Justice. This is a medical malpractice action. The questions presented are whether evidence was admitted at trial in violation of (1) the collateral source rule and (2) the physician-patient privilege. The Court of Appeals concluded evidence was improperly admitted on both counts and ordered a new trial. We disagree with the Court of Appeals’ conclusion that the physician-patient privilege was violated; but we agree

Opinion of the Court EVERETT, Chief Judge: After a contested trial, a general court-martial with members convicted the accused of stealing two television sets — each being military property of the United States valued at more than $100 — and wrongfully selling one of the sets, in violation of Articles 121 and 108, Uniform Code of Military Justice, 10 U.S.C. §§ 921 and 908, respectively. Thereaf

OPINION OF THE COURT POMEROY, Justice. Following a trial before a jury, appellant was convicted of murder in the first degree and aggravated robbery. He filed timely motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment which were denied by the court en banc. He was subsequently sentenced to life imprisonment for murder and to a consecutive term of from ten to twenty years imprisonment for robbery. This appeal

PER CURIAM: Plaintiff Hearne, a resident of Poca-tello and a qualified voter in Bannock County, Idaho, and plaintiff Whitman, a resident of Boise and a qualified voter in Ada County, Idaho, commenced this action on November 1, 1962, seeking a declaratory judgment and equitable relief against the Governor, the Attorney General, and various other State and county officials of the State of Idaho. In keeping with the mandate of

223 N.J. Super. 92 (1988) 538 A.2d 371 STATE OF NEW JERSEY, PLAINTIFF-RESPONDENT, v. EDWARD F. FREEMAN, DEFENDANT-APPELLANT. Superior Court of New Jersey, Appellate Division. Argued December 8, 1987. Decided February 17, 1988. *95 Before Judges MICHELS, SHEBELL and GAYNOR. John J. Haggerty, III,<

316 F.Supp.2d 268 (2003) THE UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. CHARLESTON COUNTY, South Carolina Charleston County Council; John O. Conlon, Toi Ahrens Estes, Cindy M. Floyd, Curtis E. Bostic, A.D. Jordan, Barrett S. Lawrimore, Timothy E. Scott, Leon E. Stavrinakis, Charles Wallace, members of Charleston County Council; Charleston County Election Commission, Defendants. Lee H. Moultrie, George Freeman Maggie McGill, and Sandra Flower, Pl