Trexler v. Associated Press, Barrington Broad. S.C. Corp.

Full title: James W. Trexler, Petitioner, v. The Associated Press, Barrington…

Court: STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court

Date published: Oct 19, 2016

Appellate Case No. 2015-001368 (S.C. Oct. 19, 2016)

Opinion

Appellate Case No. 2015-001368 Memorandum Opinion No. 2016-MO-030

10-19-2016

James W. Trexler, Petitioner, v. The Associated Press, Barrington Broadcasting South Carolina Corp., Raycom TV Broadcasting, Inc., The Spartanburg Herald Journal, Inc., and The Pacific & Southern Co., Respondents.

William H. Johnson, of Law Offices of William H. Johnson, LLC, of Manning; W. Westbrook Wills, III, of Folly Beach; and Matthew D. Hamrick, of Charleston, all for Petitioner. Jerry Jay Bender, of Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP, of Columbia, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS

Appeal from Richland County
Joseph M. Strickland, Special Circuit Court Judge

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED

William H. Johnson, of Law Offices of William H. Johnson, LLC, of Manning; W. Westbrook Wills, III, of

Folly Beach; and Matthew D. Hamrick, of Charleston, all for Petitioner.

Jerry Jay Bender, of Baker, Ravenel & Bender, LLP, of Columbia, for Respondents.

PER CURIAM : We granted a writ of certiorari to review the court of appeals' decision in Trexler v. The Associated Press, Op. No. 2015-UP-201 (S.C. Ct. App. filed Apr. 15, 2015). After careful consideration of the Appendix and briefs, the writ of certiorari is

DISMISSED AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED.

PLEICONES, C.J., BEATTY, KITTREDGE, JJ., and Acting Justice J. Mark Hayes, II, concur.