Court Opinion

ID: 9599239
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 01:16:24.757716+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:44.502674
License: Public Domain

Justice PLEICONES.
I respectfully dissent and adhere to the position I set forth in Sloan v. Dept. of Transp., 365 S.C. 299, 618 S.E.2d 876 (2005). In my opinion, Sloan lacks standing to bring this action because he cannot allege a particular harm. Other potential plaintiffs in this case, the construction companies who did not have the opportunity to bid on the completion of the project, have interests greater than Sloan in seeing the bidding process followed as required by law. Accordingly, because there are potential parties capable of alleging direct and distinct harm in this case, I would hold that Sloan does not have standing.