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Case Information: 2023-001318
Court:Supreme CourtClassification:Certiorari - COA - Common Pleas - Other
Short Title:Rufus Rivers v. James Smith, Jr.Case Status:Remittitur
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Filed Date:08/18/2023Oral Argument Date:
Disposition Date:02/19/2025Disposition Type:Opinion
Remittitur Date:09/19/2025
Lower Court or Tribunal:Orangeburg (2018CP3801339)

- Party Information
Appellate RoleParty NameFormerAttorney(s)
PetitionerJames Smith, Jr.NKathleen McColl McDaniel
Sarah Jean Michaelis Cox
RespondentMerle RiversNSelf Represented
RespondentRufus RiversNSelf Represented

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Event Information
Filed DateEvent InformationDoc
09/19/2025Remittitur - Remittitur Sent
09/17/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Motion to File Rule 60b4 in Circuit Court)
08/14/2025Non-Dispositional Decision - Order
07/08/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Emergency Notice of Filing Disputed POA Exhibits Supplementing Motion to Stay Remittitur)
06/11/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Supplemental Notice in Support of Motion to Stay Remittitur)
06/09/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Emergency Motion to Stay filed with US District Court)
06/05/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Motion to Stay Issuance of Remittitur)
06/05/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Email from Petitioner re: clarification)
06/05/2025Supreme Court of the United States - Notice that Certiorari Denied
04/23/2025Non-Dispositional Decision - Order
04/08/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Email with attachment to add to Motion to Recall)
04/03/2025Supreme Court of the United States - Other
04/02/2025Motion - Recall Remittitur
03/27/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Copy of Motions to SCOTUS)
03/26/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Email from Petitioner with attachment)
03/26/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Copy of Petition filed with SCOTUS)
03/17/2025Correspondence - Incoming (30 Day Notice to Petitioner from Respondent)
03/17/2025Motion - Alter or Amend Pursuant to Rule 59
03/12/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Corrected Notice of Errata)
03/10/2025Rehearing - Petition for Rehearing
03/10/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Notice of Errata)
03/10/2025Motion - Allow Late Filing of Rehearing
03/07/2025Motion - Stay
03/07/2025Motion - Extension of Time for Special Circumstances (To File Rehearing)
03/07/2025Remittitur - Remittitur Sent
03/07/2025Rehearing - No Petition for Rehearing Filed - Remittitur to be Sent
02/24/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Emails )
02/24/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Email regarding official copies/public index)
02/24/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Email Inquiry)
02/19/2025Dispositional Decision - Opinion
02/10/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Letter from COA to Parties)
01/15/2025Calendaring - Case Submitted
10/31/2024Non-Dispositional Decision - Order Denying Motion to Strike
10/17/2024Correspondence - Incoming (Request for Judicial Notice)
09/23/2024Correspondence - Incoming (Notice of Errata)
09/19/2024Motion - Return
09/18/2024Motion - Strike
09/17/2024Non-Dispositional Decision - Order
09/17/2024Motion - Return
09/13/2024Motion - Other Motion (Reply to Petitioner's Reply)
09/05/2024Brief - Reply (10 copies)
08/28/2024Correspondence - Incoming (Motion to Amend filed unnecessarily, no action taken)
08/28/2024Correspondence - Outgoing (Email to Petitioner about motion to amend)
08/26/2024Brief - Respondent (10 copies)
07/23/2024Correspondence - Outgoing (No Action Letter)
07/19/2024Brief - Petitioner & Appendix (10 copies)
07/17/2024Motion - Extension of Time (1st)(10 days) - Brief in Opposition (Respondent) (No Action Taken)
06/20/2024Non-Dispositional Decision - Certiorari Granted
06/11/2024Correspondence - Incoming (Emergency Petition for Writ of Mandamus)
05/21/2024Correspondence - Incoming (Email regarding mandamus fee)
02/07/2024Correspondence - Incoming (Copy of COA Order)
09/22/2023Petition for Writ of Certiorari and Responses - No Return
08/21/2023Correspondence - Outgoing (Initial Letter)
08/18/2023Petition for Writ of Certiorari and Responses - Petition and Appendix