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Tuesday, June 16, 2026
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2025-001525
Bobby Blakney, Respondent, v. City of Rock Hill, Petitioner.
David Leon Morrison, Garfield Spreeuwers Law Group, of Columbia, for Petitioner. Tyler A. Bathrick, of Stewart Law Offices, LLC, of Rock Hill, for Respondent.
We will review the court of appeals' order dismissing the City of Rock Hill's appeal as untimely. Blakney v. City of Rock Hill, S.C. Ct. App. Order filed April 8, 2025. We will now answer whether the City of Rock Hill's motion under Rule 59(e), SCRCP, tolled the time to perfect its appeal under Rule 203(b)(1), SCACR.
2025-002469
American Civil Liberties Union of South Carolina Foundation, Plaintiff, v. Alan Wilson, in his official capacity as South Carolina Attorney General; Joel Anderson, in his official capacity as Interim Director of South Carolina Department of Corrections, Defendants, and Henry McMaster, in his official capacity as Governor of the State of South Carolina, Intervenor.
Jonathan E. Spratley and Steven M. Cady of Williams & Connolly LLP of Washington, DC; and Meredith Dyer McPhail and David Allen Chaney, Jr., of American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of South Carolina, of Columbia, for Plaintiff. Solicitor General Thomas Tyler Hydrick and Deputy Solicitor General Joseph David Spate, of Office of the Attorney General, of Columbia, for Defendant Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson. Daniel Clifton Plyler, Austin Tyler Reed and Frederick Newman Hanna, Jr., of Smith Robinson Holler Dubose Morgan, LLC, of Columbia, for Defendants Director of the Department of Corrections Joel Anderson and Attorney General Alan McCrory Wilson. Chief Legal Counsel William Grayson Lambert, Deputy Legal Counsel Erica Wells Shedd, Tyra S. McBride and Cameron Reagan Cox, all of Columbia, of the Office of the Governor; and Thomas Ashley Limehouse, Jr., of Limehouse LLC, of Charleston, for Governor Henry Dargan McMaster, Intervenor-Defendant.
The United States District Court for the District of South Carolina certified the following questions for this Court's consideration: (1) "Does information that is publicly available constitute 'identifying information' under S.C. Code Ann. § 24-3-580(A)(2)?"; and (2) "If information is publicly available, can a person 'knowingly disclose' that information for purposes of S.C. Code Ann. § 24-3-580(C)?".
2025-000790
South Carolina Public Interest Foundation, Jim Mann, David Dial, Rachel Moore, Terri Meyerring, Carl Meyerring, Doug Muzik, Bruce Burrell, India Lancaster, John Wagner, Gwen McPhail, Lillian Lusk, and Linda Love, on behalf of all others similarly situated, Appellants-Respondents, v. Oconee County, Respondent-Appellant.
James G. Carpenter, of The Carpenter Law Firm, PC, of Greenville, for Appellants-Respondents. William Walter Wilkins, III and Lane Whittaker Davis, both of Wilkins Davis Law Firm; David Curry Dill, of Maynard Nexsen, PC, all of Greenville, all for Respondent-Appellant. Frank Paul Calamita, III, of AquaLaw PLC, of Richmond, VA, as Amicus Curiae for South Carolina Water Quality Association.