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Wednesday, April 17, 2013  The South Carolina Supreme Court has tossed out a lawsuit against Treasurer Curtis Loftis filed by the board that oversees state pension funds for public workers.

Tuesday, April 16, 2013  South Carolina's top jurist says a dispute between Treasurer Curtis Loftis and the board that oversees pension funds for the state's public workers amounts to "political theater."

Monday, April 15, 2013  South Carolina Treasurer Curtis Loftis has transferred the nearly $12 million needed to keep the state from defaulting and asked the state Supreme Court to dismiss the lawsuit against him.

Tuesday, March 26, 2013  After the State Supreme Court denied an appeal of the penny transportation tax which recently passed in Richland County, the Penny Sales Tax Transportation committee picked up again Tuesday.

Monday, March 11, 2013  Judge strikes down NYC's sugary-drinks size rule; enforcement had been set to start Tuesday

Tuesday, January 29, 2013  Almost three months after last November's election snafu, the group fighting for a new election is taking their case to court.

Wednesday, January 09, 2013  South Carolina's highest court has ruled that police did not violate the constitutional rights of a man they stopped on suspicion of dealing drugs.

Friday, January 04, 2013  The Supreme Court will review a ruling that sent a South Carolina couple's adopted Native American daughter back to her biological father in Oklahoma.

Wednesday, November 21, 2012  South Carolina's high court says that organized poker games are illegal, even when they happen in a private home.

Friday, November 16, 2012  Richland County has finally certified its election results, 10 days after Election Day.

Tuesday, November 13, 2012  Attorneys for a man serving a life sentence for raping and killing his 12-year-old daughter say the conviction should be tossed because a trial judge didn't let jurors hear statements from another man.

Friday, October 05, 2012  A court ruling sending a Native American girl back to Oklahoma from her adoptive South Carolina family has been appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Wednesday, October 03, 2012  Attorneys for Stephen Stanko are arguing before the state Supreme Court on Thursday that a juror should have been disqualified because she told the judge she knew Stanko already had one death sentence. The attorneys also say the trial should have been held elsewhere because of publicity.

Thursday, September 13, 2012  A ruling that sends a Native American girl back to Oklahoma from her adoptive South Carolina family is being appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Friday, August 17, 2012  A University of South Carolina professor is dropping his lawsuit in Richland County against a panel led by Gov. Nikki Haley in order to join a similar lawsuit at the state Supreme Court.