Great Games, Inc. v. South Carolina Department of Revenue

FINNEY, Chief Justice:

Respondent (Department) sought to impose sanctions upon appellants (Busters) for alleged violations of a video gaming statute 1 and regulation. 2 The Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) upheld Department’s citation, and Busters appealed to circuit court. The circuit court first held it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the appeal, and alternatively, that the ALJ’s order was supported by substantial evidence. Busters now appeals to this Court. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

Busters operated a video machine mall consisting of a common area from which six separate…