South Carolina Public Interest Foundation v. South Carolina Department of Transportation

ACTING JUSTICE PLEICONES:

I respectfully dissent because in my opinion, the trial judge and the Court of Appeals were correct in finding Sloan lacked standing to bring this action.

In my view, the trial judge properly determined there was no evidence SCDOT has a pattern of, or intends to hereafter provide, the inspection of private property in derogation of state law. The majority correctly points out the public interest exception was created to “ensure accountability and the concomitant integrity of government action,” and to provide “future guidance.” See ATC South, Inc. v. Charleston Cnty.,…