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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]
Early federal and state civil procedure in the United States was rather ad hoc and was based on traditional common law procedure but with much local variety. There were varying rules that governed different types of civil cases such as "actions" at law or "suits" in equity or in admiralty; these differences grew from the history of "law" and "equity" as separate court systems in English law.
South Carolina: Const. Art. 1 § 9 "All courts shall be public, and every person shall have speedy remedy therein for wrongs sustained." [1] South Carolina: Code Ann. § 40-5-80 "This chapter may not be construed so as to prevent a citizen from prosecuting or defending his own cause, if he so desires." [45] South Dakota: Const. Art VI § 20
This 18-month-long, 300-page, comprehensive study looks at the legal problems low and moderate-income residents face in the state’s civil court system.
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — South Carolina can execute death row inmates by firing squad, lethal injection or the electric chair, the state’s high court ruled Wednesday, opening the door to restart ...
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,
An uneven playing field allows the aggressive tactics and legal loopholes that turn traffic stops into cash grabs.
For example, North Carolina's Governor established the North Carolina Commission on Business Laws and the Economy, [153] New York Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye created a Commercial Courts Task Force, [154] a Nevada Legislative Commission formed a Subcommittee to Encourage Corporations and Other Business Entities to Organize and Conduct Business in ...