Palmetto Princess, LLC v. Georgetown County

This is an appeal from a circuit court order granting respondent’s (Palmetto Princess’s) motion for summary judgment. We affirm.

FACTS

In April 2004, Palmetto Princess brought a declaratory judgment action against appellant, Georgetown County (the County), on the grounds the County had exceeded its authority in passing two ordinances and that the ordinances violated the South Carolina Constitution. Palmetto Princess brought the action because it intended to run a gambling day cruise, also known as a “cruise to nowhere,” out of the County, and the County’s ordinances prevented such a business.

The…