Title: South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs v. Rent-A-Center, Inc.
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 25565
State: south-carolina
Issuer: south-carolina Supreme Court
Date: December 9, 2002

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA In The Supreme Court South Carolina Department of Consumer Affairs, Petitioner, v. Rent-A-Center, Inc., a/k/a Thorn Americas, Inc., Respondent. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS Appeal From Richland County James W. Johnson, Jr., Circuit Court Judge Opinion No. 25565 Heard November 20, 2002 - Filed December 9, 2002 AS IMPROVIDENTLY GRANTED 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 Newberry, for Respondent. 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.