Case Name: SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, Petitioner, v. RENT-A-CENTER, INC., a/k/a Thorn Americas, Inc., Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of South Carolina
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 2002-12-09
Citations: 352 S.C. 419
Docket Number: No. 25565
Parties: SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, Petitioner, v. RENT-A-CENTER, INC., a/k/a Thorn Americas, Inc., Respondent.
Judges: TOAL, C.J., WALLER, BURNETT and PLEICONES, JJ., and Acting Justice HENRY F. FLOYD, concur.
Reporter: South Carolina Reports
Volume: 352
Pages: 419–419

Head Matter:
575 S.E.2d 547
SOUTH CAROLINA DEPARTMENT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, Petitioner, v. RENT-A-CENTER, INC., a/k/a Thorn Americas, Inc., Respondent.
No. 25565.
Supreme Court of South Carolina.
Heard Nov. 20, 2002.
Decided Dec. 9, 2002.
Helen Fennell and Danny R. Collins, of South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs, of Columbia, for Petitioner.
Thomas H. Pope, III, of Pope and Hudgens, P.A., of New-berry, for Respondent.

Opinion:
ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS
PER CURIAM:
This Court granted the petition for a writ of certiorari to review the Court of Appeals' opinion in South Carolina Dep't of Consumer Affairs v. Rent-A-Center, Inc., 345 S.C. 251, 547 S.E.2d 881 (Ct.App.2001). After careful consideration, we now dismiss certiorari as improvidently granted.
DISMISSED.
TOAL, C.J., WALLER, BURNETT and PLEICONES, JJ., and Acting Justice HENRY F. FLOYD, concur.