Legal Opinion
Brock v. Town of Mount Pleasant
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided April 13, 2016No. Appellate Case 2015-000406; 27621PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Justice, KITTREDGE.
We issued a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals’ decision in Brock v. Town of Mount Pleasant, 411 S.C. 106, 767 S.E.2d 203 (Ct.App.2014), that the Town of Mount Pleasant (the Town) did not violate the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 1 by taking unnoticed action following executive ses sions at special meetings. Having carefully reviewed the record and law, we agree with Petitioner Stephen George Brock that the Town technically violated FOIA and that the court of appeals erred in relying on the discussion of regular meetings in Lambries v. Saluda County…
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