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The District of South Carolina was one of the original 13 courts established by the Judiciary Act of 1789, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789. [2] It was subdivided into the United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina and the United States District Court for the Western District of South Carolina Districts on February 21, 1823, by 3 Stat. 726. [2]
South Carolina has a statewide business court program within the circuit courts. [1] This began as a pilot program in a limited number of circuits, created by a South Carolina Supreme Court administrative order in 2007, [2] which the Supreme Court expanded statewide in 2014, [3] and later made permanent in 2019. [4]
AIR 1984 SC 571 – "AIR" refers to the All India Reporter, "1984" is the year of judgement (AIR does not use a volume-based classification), "SC" refers to the Supreme Court of India, and "571" is the first page number of the report within the volume;
Judge Daniel Coble agreed to a request from the South Carolina Democratic Party to extend the voter registration deadline by one week to Oct. 14, due to the effects of Hurricane Helene.
A Spartanburg man convicted of murder has an execution date set as South Carolina resumes death penalty enforcement. SC Supreme Court sets execution date for Spartanburg man convicted of murder ...
Richard Moore, who killed a Spartanburg store clerk while committing a robbery, is next in line for a state execution. It will be an unusually controversial death penalty.
South Carolina is one of two states where the state legislature elects state court judges, including the justices on the state supreme court. [3] A ten-person committee (composed mostly of state legislators) called the Judicial Merit Selection Commission (JMSC) winnows down the number of candidates to fill a judicial vacancy to three based on candidate qualifications.
The Court of Appeals hears most appeals from the Circuit Courts and Family Courts of South Carolina that do not fall within the seven classes of cases over which the South Carolina Supreme Court exercises exclusive jurisdiction. [1] Those seven classes are cases involving the death penalty, public utility rates, significant constitutional issues,