South Carolina State Highway Department v. McKeown Food Store No. 9

Lewis, Justice.

Under a general order filed by The Honorable E. Harry Agnew, certain pretrial procedures were established to be followed in all cases set for trial before him while presiding in the Fifth Judicial Circuit from January 1st through April 1970. The effect of the order was to require counsel in each case set for trial to arrange a pretrial conference at which, among other requirements, certain information would be exchanged so as to expedite the trial and exhaust the possibilities of settlement. Pertinent here, the order provided that, at such pretrial conference, counsel shall…