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Augusta man dies by lethal injection

...to stop his lungs and heart. He became Georgia's second death row inmate to die by lethal injection since the state Supreme Court outlawed the electric chair last month. The procedure was stalled for about 15 minutes because prison staffers...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/stories/2001/11/07/met_324670.shtml
Haley, Sheheen push S.C. government overhaul bill

...Mark Sanford throughout his tenure and caused two state Supreme Court fights.The bill breaks up the little-understood-but-maligned...Columbia to hash it out prompted a showdown before the state Supreme Court, which ruled she overstepped her authority.The...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-05-19/haley-sheheen-push-sc-government-ov
Georgia sheriff's indictment raises legal questions

...Superior Court judge on Monday dismissed that case. Buckman's lawyer has said he plans to appeal the decision to the state Supreme Court.Another statute in Georgia law authorizes a governor to temporarily suspend a sheriff after an investigation if...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-05-04/georgia-sheriffs-indic
S.C. bill drops exemption to school attendance zones

...the system.The bill as advanced grandfathers in students who already use the exemption.The proposal follows a state Supreme Court ruling last December that upheld the ability of a student who lived in Berkeley County to attend Academic Magnet...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/government/2013-04-24/sc-bill-drops-exemption-
Judge rules J.C. Penney can sell Martha Stewart items until suit decided

...can sell some goods designed by Martha Stewart that were destined for shelves this spring ? for now, a New York State Supreme Court judge ruled Friday.Rival department store chain Macy's Inc. had sought to bar J.C. Penney Co. from selling...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/business/2013-04-12/judge-rules-jc-penney-can-
SC case on Native American adoption goes to US Supreme Court

...with Brown, who took the girl ? named Veronica, and now age 3 ? back to Oklahoma in 2011.Appealing to the state Supreme Court, the Capo biancos said they had bonded with Veronica and argued that removing her was detrimental to her development...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/2013-04-14/sc-case-native-american-adoption-go
High court: Return premiums to S.C. state employees

COLUMBIA - The state Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the South Carolina Budget and Control Board to return state employee health insurance premiums that a court...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-04-24/high-court-return-premiums-sc
SC high court to hear appeal of ethics charges against Haley

...the state's legislative and judicial systems but so far have been found to be without merit.On Wednesday, the state Supreme Court plans to hear the case of John Rainey, a longtime GOP activist who sued Haley in 2011. Rainey said that Haley...

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-03-19/sc-high-court-hear-appeal-eth
Ga. Supreme Court rules against Richmond County school board

Margaret Hunt entitled to full amount of damages sought for breach of contract, according to state Supreme Court opinion

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/crime-courts/2013-03-04/ga-supreme-court-rules
SC House party leaders: Cyber security, ethics and election law top agenda

...include tax reform.The Legislature still awaits a decision from the state Supreme Court on a case challenging billions of dollars' worth of sales tax...ability to disregard the budget and split the cost is before the state Supreme Court.

http://chronicle.augusta.com/news/metro/2013-01-03/sc-house-party-leaders-cyber-