South Carolina judicial news

• Engagement ring dispute goes all the way to South Carolina Court of Appeals, May 15, 2012
• Temporary bankruptcy judgeships extended, Apr 22, 2012
• League of Women Voters seek to join federal suit against Voter ID, Apr 04, 2012
• DeMint opposing SC nominee for federal bench, Mar 16, 2012
• Divorced parents may be required to pay for college, Mar 08, 2012
• State of the Judiciary address from Chief Justice Toal, Feb 17, 2012
• Robert Hood elected to 5th Circuit, Feb 08, 2012
• SC Supreme Court to hear FOIA case, Jan 25, 2012
• U.S. District Judge blocks sections of SC immigration law, Jan 09, 2012
• Probate Court Judges Advisory Committee Formed, Jan 04, 2012

• South Carolina Supreme Court rules illegal gaming machines to be destroyed, Dec 21, 2011
• 4th Circuit to hear cockfighting case, Dec 09, 2011
• South Carolina remains first in the south for the presidential primary, Nov 29, 2011
• Members named to the Family Court Judges’ Advisory Committee, Nov 05, 2011
• Supreme Weekly: Playing politics, Oct 27, 2011
• Federal Courts, Empty Benches:The Wednesday Vacancy Count 10/5/2011, Oct 05, 2011
• Federal Courts, Empty Benches:The Wednesday Vacancy Count 9/21/2011, Sep 21, 2011
• South Carolina Supreme Court's first black Chief Justice honored, Sep 16, 2011
• Supreme Weekly: All over the map, Sep 01, 2011
• Municipal judge suspended for 30 days, Aug 25, 2011
• Federal Courts, Empty Benches:The Wednesday Vacancy Count 8/3/2011, Aug 03, 2011
• New administration in Atlantic Beach means new staff all around, Jul 31, 2011
• Atlantic Beach election commission threatened with sanctions, Jul 11, 2011
• Supreme Court rules against Gov. Haley, Jun 19, 2011
• Supreme Weekly: Busy week for the courts, Jun 09, 2011
• Former Magistrate judge barred from future judicial office, Jun 03, 2011
• Judicial elections held in South Carolina, May 28, 2011
• Hartis steps down as Chief Magistrate Judge for Kershaw County, May 18, 2011
• Federal court nominee Timothy Cain has committee hearing, May 12, 2011
• 12 Attorneys suspended in South Carolina, Apr 20, 2011
• Obama nominates two to fill federal court vacancies, Apr 01, 2011
• Child support case being heard by Supreme Court, Mar 23, 2011
• Chief Justice Toal Delivers SC State of the Judiciary Address, Mar 04, 2011
• Two new nominations announced by Obama for federal judgeships, Feb 18, 2011
• Four new judges selected in South Carolina, Feb 16, 2011
• South Carolina case headed to the Supreme Court, Feb 02, 2011
• Sanford funding veto ruled unconstitutional, Jan 25, 2011

• Obama makes two nominations for the District of South Carolina, Dec 23, 2009
• Fourth circuit judge announces retirement, Jul 21, 2009

SC judge banned from bench after racial comment

(7/29/08) A South Carolina judge who admitted calling crack cocaine addiction "black man's disease" has been banned from the bench, the state's Supreme Court said in an order Monday. Former Beaufort County Magistrate George Peter Lamb, who is white, agreed to the punishment and resigned before the order was issued. The court's order included no other details about the comment.

• Gambling cruises not subject to reporting total profit, S.C. high court says (5/13/2008)