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The South Carolina Department of Archives and History has maps that show the boundaries of counties, districts, and parishes starting in 1682. [4] Historically, county government in South Carolina has been fairly weak. [5] The 1895 Constitution made no provision for local government, effectively reducing counties to creatures of the state.
This is a list of county courthouses in South Carolina. Each county in South Carolina has a courthouse in the county seat . Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap
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]
State courts of South Carolina. South Carolina Supreme Court [1] South Carolina Court of Appeals [2] South Carolina Circuit Courts (16 circuits) [3] South Carolina Family Courts [4] South Carolina Probate Courts [5] South Carolina Magistrate Courts [6] South Carolina Municipal Courts [7] Federal courts located in South Carolina. United States ...
A condemned killer on South Carolina’s death row deserves a new sentencing trial after a judge failed to “consider” all favorable evidence for him in the case, a majority of the federal 4th ...
Because of the state population growth in the 2010 census, South Carolina regained its 7th district, which had remained unused since the Civil War. On January 6, 2023, a three-judge panel from the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina ruled that the current 1st district lines were unconstitutional due to racial gerrymandering ...
Almost 30 years after being convicted of rolling her car into a South Carolina lake and drowning her two sons, Susan Smith is up for parole. Smith, 53, is serving life in prison after being ...