South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

We improvidently granted a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals’ decision (Defendant’s employers, the Gabys, tasked him with investigating the plaintiff-designer/home builder’s progress (or lack thereof) on the Gaby project, so defendant had a qualified privilege when ...

The court declines defendant’s invitation to extend the reach of the Eighth Amendment so as to eliminate mandatory minimum sentences for juveniles who are convicted of murder. Following a jury trial, appellant Smith was convicted and sentenced to thirty-five years’ ...

Where the fraternal order of Freemasons sued a splinter group that started their own chapter for unlawfully holding itself out as an extension of the original organization, the fraud, tortious interference and intellectual property claims were properly dismissed. Background This ...

Where the district court’s conclusions that one party was prevailing and that this case was “exceptional” under the Lanham Act were both rejected, an award of attorneys’ fees was reversed. Background Citi Trends Inc. filed a declaratory judgement action against ...

Because (1) both parents are fit, loving, and want custody of their child and (2) the parents have a divisive relationship and fail to communicate effectively, the family court erred when it ordered week-to-week alternating custody. We reverse the custody ...

Where a defendant found guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm under the Armed Career Criminal Act, or ACCA, had his sentenced reduced because of a 2015 Supreme Court decision, the reduction was in error because his ...

Where the defendant made a series of online threats against police officers generally, as well as threats that he was on a “manhunt” for three particular officers, the search warrant was adequately supported. And where he failed to establish that ...

Two Baltimore police officers charged with robbing citizens during the course of their police work and committing fraud in obtaining overtime pay were unsuccessful in arguing that the evidence was insufficient to hold them liable for racketeering and conspiracy and ...

Where an insurance provider asked whether it must pay a judgment against one party if another party prevailed in the underlying state court case and the district court resolved issues as part of its declaratory judgment ruling, that ruling was ...

Where police shot at a man 29 times in his dwelling after officers armed with assault rifles entered the home with a warrant to search for drugs and failed to identify themselves as police, the facts showed an officer’s use of ...