Also known as: law courts of appeals · court of appeals · appellate court
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An appellate tribunal formerly existing in South Carolina for hearing appeals from the courts of law.
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Landon Long obtained a judgment against Lotus Pharmaceuticals in a South Carolina court of law. The clerk entered the wrong damages amount due to a decimal error. After an appeal was docketed to the law court of appeals, Landon moved the trial court to correct the amount. The trial court denied the motion without leave from the law court of appeals.
Lucia Lopez objected that notice of a class settlement failed to reach absent members in a South Carolina proceeding. The trial court approved the settlement. On appeal to the law court of appeals Lucia argued the notice violated due process. The law court of appeals examined whether the notice satisfied constitutional standards for binding absent class members.
Lorenzo Lugo petitioned the law court of appeals for review of a state agency regulation on waste disposal. The law court of appeals upheld the rule. Lorenzo argued the agency exceeded its statutory authority. The law court of appeals applied the framework requiring deference to reasonable agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes.
Levi Lowe challenged a state criminal abortion statute in a South Carolina court of law. The trial court declared the statute unconstitutional. The state appealed to the law court of appeals. The law court of appeals considered whether the statute violated a recognized constitutional right to privacy in reproductive decisions.
Latoya Lane sued in a South Carolina court of law under diversity jurisdiction for injuries on railroad property. The trial court applied federal common law. On appeal the law court of appeals held that state substantive law must govern the claim in the absence of a controlling federal statute or constitutional provision.
Leo Lynch and his same-sex spouse sought recognition of their out-of-state marriage in South Carolina. State officials refused to issue a license. The couple sued in a court of law. The law court of appeals addressed whether the state must recognize the marriage under the Due Process and Equal Protection Clauses.
It refers to an appellate tribunal that formerly existed in South Carolina to hear appeals from courts of law.
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…the court's grant of declaratory relief to Roe and Hallford. Both sides also have taken protective appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. That court ordered the appeals held in abeyance pending decision here. We postponed decision on jurisdiction to the hearing on the merits. 402 U. S. 941 (1971).…