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4 unusual facts about South Carolina Supreme Court


Costa M. Pleicones

Costa Pleicones (born February 29, 1944) is an American jurist who is a member of the South Carolina Supreme Court.

Frank E. Willis

The mayor then appealed the circuit court's decision to the South Carolina Supreme Court, but the case was similarly dismissed.

Harry Cato

In filling a vacancy on the South Carolina Supreme Court in 2007, Representative Cato supported and voted for State Appeals Court Judge Don Beatty (noted in the S.C. Club for Growth Scorecard above).

Theo Mitchell

However, the state Supreme Court issued a public reprimand in 2005 to Mitchell because of the use of the word Associates in the law firm's name because there were no other practicing attorneys in his law firm that were licensed in South Carolina.


Charleston School of Law

He; the Honorable Jean H. Toal, Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court; and the Honorable William Walter Wilkins, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit received LL.D. honorary degrees.


see also

Franklin J. Moses

Franklin J. Moses, Sr. (1804-1877), Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court from 1868 to 1877

History of the Jews in Charleston, South Carolina

Among those who have held high office, however, have been Gen. E. W. Moise, adjutant-general of the state of South Carolina from 1876 to 1880, Franklin J. Moses, Sr. (born Israel Franklin Moses), who became chief justice of the South Carolina supreme court in 1868, and his son Franklin J. Moses, Jr., governor of South Carolina from 1872-74.