Legal Opinion
Brode v. Brode
Supreme Court of South Carolina
Decided December 9, 1982No. 21825PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lewis, Chief Justice:
This appeal is dismissed pursuant to Section 18-1-30, Code of Laws of South Carolina, 1976, which limits review by this Court to parties aggrieved by judgments or decrees. Bivens v. Knight, 254 S. C. 10, 173 S. E. (2d) 150; Cisson v. McWhorter, 255 S. C. 174, 177 S. E. (2d) 603.
The circumstances of this appeal require some comment, not by reason of any merit to the issues framed, but rather by reason of the poor judgment exercised by counsel in prolonging this litigation. The appellate backlog in South Carolina, now a matter of public knowledge, no longer permits us the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Cisson v. McWhorterSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1970
- Bivens v. KnightSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1970
- State v. HarrisSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1982
3Cited by9 opinions
- Ex Parte WhetstoneSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1986
- Vaughn v. RuoffCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- The Termination of the Parent-Child Relationship of I.B. v. Indiana Department of Child ServicesIndiana Supreme Court · 2010
- Margaret Vaughn v. Sutton RuoffCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2001
- People ex rel. R.D.Colorado Court of Appeals · 2011
4 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.