South Carolina Lawyers Weekly

Apr 1, 2026

In historic visit, Trump to attend Supreme Court arguments

President Donald Trump was set to make a historic visit to the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday, attending arguments over the legality of a policy he considers crucial to his hardline […]

Mar 30, 2026

U.S. Supreme Court backs officer in excessive force case

The doctrine of qualified immunity applied to bar an excessive force suit brought by a protestor who alleged she suffered physical and psychological […]

Mar 30, 2026

‘Abscondment’ doesn’t toll term of supervised release, SCOTUS rules

A criminal defendant did not subject herself to an automatic extension of her term of supervised release by absconding after failing to report a change of residence to her probation […]

Mar 26, 2026

SCOTUS boots $1B verdict against internet service provider

In the absence of evidence that an internet service provider induced its users’ infringement or provided a service “tailored” to infringement, it could not be liable for infringing the copyrights […]

Mar 23, 2026

SCOTUS sides with street preacher in First Amendment case

A street preacher’s failure to appeal his conviction for violating a municipal ordinance confining protests or demonstrations within designated areas did not bar […]

Mar 18, 2026

AG Wilson supports ‘election integrity’ law at SCOTUS

South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson, along with 20 other states, called on the U.S. Supreme Court to rule in favor of a Pennsylvania law requiring voters to handwrite the […]

Mar 12, 2026

Costco customers sue for share of refunds from Trump tariffs

Costco Wholesale has been in a proposed nationwide class action seeking U.S. customer refunds for higher prices charged by the company before the U.S. Supreme Court struck down import tariffs […]

Mar 9, 2026

Supreme Court backs parents in school gender policy case

A 9th Circuit panel should not have lifted a permanent injunction granted by a federal judge to parents who claimed a California policy preventing schools from telling them about […]

Mar 9, 2026

SCOTUS: State-created transit corp. not immune from PI suits

A state-created transit corporation providing service in multiple states is not entitled to sovereign immunity when sued for negligence by plaintiffs in New York and Pennsylvania who suffered injuries in […]

Mar 3, 2026

Judge could limit mid-testimony consult with counsel, SCOTUS rules

A state court judge did not violate a criminal defendant’s Sixth Amendment right to counsel by limiting the scope of discussions he could have with his lawyers during a […]

Mar 2, 2026

SCOTUS upholds nixing of product liability defense judgment

A judgment against the plaintiffs in a product liability case removed to federal court could not stand where the trial judge improperly dismissed […]

Feb 27, 2026

SCOTUS: Postal Service can’t be sued for ‘intentional’ failure to deliver mail

The Federal Tort Claims Act’s exception for claims “arising out of the loss, miscarriage, or negligent transmission of letters or postal matter” bars a property owner’s claim that U.S. Postal […]