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Case Information: 2023-001351
Court:Supreme CourtClassification:Appeal - Administrative Law Court - Administrative Law Court
Short Title:Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League v. SCDESCase Status:Remittitur
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Filed Date:08/23/2023Oral Argument Date:06/24/2025 09:00 AM
Disposition Date:01/28/2026Disposition Type:Opinion
Remittitur Date:02/13/2026
Lower Court or Tribunal:2022ALJ070131CC

- Party Information
Appellate RoleParty NameFormerAttorney(s)
AppellantBlue Ridge Environmental Defense LeagueNLauren Megill Milton (Former)
Benjamin David Cunningham (Former)
Jesse Sanchez
Stephen A. Spitz
RespondentDominion EnergyNElizabeth B. Partlow
Brooks M. Smith
RespondentSouth Carolina Department of Environmental ServicesNBennett W Smith
Christopher Patrick Whitehead
Sara Volk Martinez (Former)
Karen Christine Ratigan
RespondentSouth Carolina Department of Health and Enviromental ControlYBennett W Smith (Former)
Christopher Patrick Whitehead (Former)
Sara Volk Martinez (Former)
Other Participants
Amicus CuriaeBlack-Sampit RiverkeeperNEmily Wyche
Susan Ness Carlson
Amicus CuriaeCatawba RiverkeeperNEmily Wyche
Susan Ness Carlson
Amicus CuriaeCharleston WaterkeeperNEmily Wyche
Susan Ness Carlson
Amicus CuriaeCongaree RiverkeeperNEmily Wyche
Susan Ness Carlson
Amicus CuriaeFriends Of The EdistoNEmily Wyche
Susan Ness Carlson
Amicus CuriaePee Dee-Lynches Project CoordinatorNEmily Wyche
Susan Ness Carlson
Amicus CuriaeSavannah RiverkeeperNEmily Wyche
Susan Ness Carlson
Amicus CuriaeSave Our SaludaNEmily Wyche
Susan Ness Carlson
Amicus CuriaeWaccamaw RiverkeeperNEmily Wyche
Susan Ness Carlson
Amicus CuriaeWinyah Rivers AllianceNEmily Wyche
Susan Ness Carlson

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Event Information
Filed DateEvent InformationDoc
04/21/2026Non-Dispositional Decision - Order Granting Costs
03/04/2026Motion - No Return
02/17/2026Motion - Costs
02/13/2026Remittitur - Remittitur Sent
02/13/2026Rehearing - No Petition for Rehearing Filed - Remittitur to be Sent
01/28/2026Dispositional Decision - Opinion
01/16/2026Correspondence - Outgoing (Other)
01/13/2026Correspondence - Incoming (Status Request from Counsel)
06/24/2025Oral Argument - Oral Argument Held
06/13/2025Correspondence - Incoming (BENNETT SMITH arguing for SCDES)
06/13/2025Correspondence - Incoming (JESSE SANCHEZ AND STEPHEN SPITZ arguing for Appellant)
06/13/2025Correspondence - Incoming (ELIZABETH PARTLOW arguing for Dominion)
06/11/2025Brief - Amicus Reply (Blue Ridge)(10 copies)
06/11/2025Brief - Amicus Reply (Dominion)(10 copies)
05/16/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Copies en route)(Arrived)
05/14/2025Non-Dispositional Decision - Order Granting Amicus for American Rivers
05/12/2025Brief - Amicus (American Rivers, et al)(10 copies)
05/12/2025Motion - Appear as Amicus Curiae
05/02/2025Motion - Reply to Return to Motion To Clarify
04/25/2025Motion - Return to Motion To Clarify That No Stay Remains in Effect Or, Alternatively, Motion to Vacate
04/15/2025Motion - To Clarify That No Stay Remains in Effect Or, Alternatively, Motion to Vacate
03/28/2025Correspondence - Notice of Appearance Karen C. Ratigan and Benneth W. Smith for Respondent
03/19/2025Correspondence - Incoming (letter- copies incoming)(Received)
03/14/2025Correspondence - Incoming (letter- copies incoming)
03/12/2025Transfer - To Supreme Court
03/11/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Supreme Court Order to Certify the Appeal)
03/10/2025Correspondence - Incoming (Appellant's 6 Bound Copies)
03/06/2025Correspondence - Outgoing (6 Bound Copy Letter)
12/10/2024Final Brief - Respondent (SCDES)(10 copies)
12/10/2024Final Brief - Respondent (Dominion Energy)(10 copies)
12/10/2024Final Brief - Reply (10 copies)
12/10/2024Final Brief - Appellant (10 copies)
12/10/2024Record - Record on Appeal Filed (10 copies)
11/20/2024Record - Proof of Service of Record on Appeal
11/01/2024Correspondence - Outgoing (Bound Copy Letter)
10/21/2024Designation of Matter - Designation of Matter Filed
10/21/2024Initial Brief - Reply
09/26/2024Non-Dispositional Decision - Extension Granted (Appellant's Initial Reply Brief)
09/20/2024Motion - Extension of Time (1st) (Appellant's Initial Reply Brief)
09/19/2024Designation of Matter - Designation of Matter Filed
09/19/2024Initial Brief - Respondent (SCDES)
09/19/2024Designation of Matter - Designation of Matter Filed
09/19/2024Initial Brief - Respondent (Dominion Energy)
09/12/2024Correspondence - Outgoing (Correct Case Title)
09/12/2024Non-Dispositional Decision - Order Granting Motion - Substitute The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services as Respondent
09/03/2024Non-Dispositional Decision - Extension Granted
09/03/2024Motion - Extension of Time (1st) Respondents' Joint Initial Briefs
08/20/2024Motion - Substitute The South Carolina Department of Environmental Services as Respondent
08/05/2024Correspondence - Incoming (Appellant's Filing Fee)
08/02/2024Initial Brief - Appellant
08/01/2024Designation of Matter - Designation of Matter Filed
07/18/2024Correspondence - Incoming (Filing Fee for Motion - Extension of Time (2nd) Appellant's Initial Brief)
07/16/2024Non-Dispositional Decision - Extension Granted
07/15/2024Motion - Extension of Time (2nd) Appellant's Initial Brief
06/17/2024Correspondence - Incoming (Filing Fee for Motion - Extension of Time (1st) Appellant's Initial Brief)
06/12/2024Non-Dispositional Decision - Extension Granted
06/12/2024Motion - Extension of Time (1st) Appellant's Initial Brief
05/16/2024Correspondence - Outgoing (To Provide Initial Brief)
05/13/2024Non-Dispositional Decision - Order
04/30/2024Motion - Reply
04/25/2024Motion - Return (Petition for Writ of Supersedeas)
04/25/2024Motion - Return (Petition for Writ of Supersedeas)
04/18/2024Correspondence - Incoming (Filing Fee for Motion - Petition for Writ of Supersedeas)
04/15/2024Motion - Petition for Writ of Supersedeas
04/09/2024Correspondence - Incoming (Filing Fee for Motion - Request for Leave to Re-File Petition)
04/03/2024Non-Dispositional Decision - Order Granting Motion - Request for Leave to Re-File Petition
04/03/2024Motion - Request for Leave to Re-File Petition
03/13/2024Correspondence - Incoming (Status Update) (Notice of Hearing Before Administrative Law Court)
02/23/2024Correspondence - Incoming (Notification of Going Before the Administrative Law Court)
01/12/2024Correspondence - Incoming (Filing Fees for Respondent's (Dominion Energy) Motion - to Amend Return to Correct Typographical Error and Respondent's (Dominion Energy) Motion - for Leave to File Surreply)
01/11/2024Correspondence - Incoming (Filing Fee for Motion - Reply to Respondent's Return to Emergency Petition for Writ of Supersedeas and Motion for Expedited Hearing)
01/10/2024Non-Dispositional Decision - Order Granting Expedited Hearing of the Emergency Petition, Denying Dominion's Request to Dismiss, and to Remand the Petition for Writ of Supersedeas to Administrative Law Court - To Provide Status Update
01/10/2024Respondent's (Dominion Energy) Motion - to Amend Return to Correct Typographical Error
01/10/2024Respondent's (Dominion Energy) Motion - for Leave to File Surreply
01/10/2024Respondent's (Dominion Energy) Motion - Surreply to Appellant's Emergency Petition for Writ of Supersedeas and Motion for Expedited Hearing
01/09/2024Appellant's Motion - to Amend Reply and Attach Corrected Exhibit
01/09/2024Motion - Reply to Respondent's Return to Emergency Petition for Writ of Supersedeas and Motion for Expedited Hearing
01/04/2024Correspondence - Incoming (Filing Fee for Motion - Extension of Time (2nd) Appellant's Reply to Respondent's Return)
01/02/2024Non-Dispositional Decision - Extension Granted
01/02/2024Motion - Extension of Time (2nd) Appellant's Reply to Respondent's Return
12/29/2023Correspondence - Incoming (Filing Fee for Motion - Extension of Time (1st) Appellant's Reply to Respondent's Return)
12/28/2023Non-Dispositional Decision - Extension Granted
12/27/2023Motion - Extension of Time (1st) Appellant's Reply to Respondent's Return
12/27/2023Correspondence - Incoming (Cover Letter to Motion - Return (Dominion))
12/22/2023Motion - Return (Dominion) to Motion - Stay / Supersedeas and Motion for Expedited Hearing
12/19/2023Motion - Return (SCDHEC)
12/13/2023Correspondence - Incoming (Filing Fee for Motion - Stay / Supersedeas and Motion for Expedited Hearing)
12/12/2023Correspondence - Outgoing (Return Requested)
12/11/2023Motion - Stay / Supersedeas and Motion for Expedited Hearing
12/06/2023Non-Dispositional Decision - Extension Granted
12/04/2023Correspondence - Incoming (Filing Fee Motion - Extension of Time (1st) Appellant's Initial Brief)
11/30/2023Motion - Extension of Time (1st) Appellant's Initial Brief
11/30/2023Transcript Documents - Transcript Delivered - Direct Appeal
11/22/2023Correspondence - Outgoing (Transcript Overdue Letter)
11/21/2023Correspondence - Incoming (Notice of Appearance)
11/20/2023Non-Dispositional Decision - Order Granting Motion - Withdraw as Counsel (Lauren M. Milton and Benjamin D. Cunningham)
09/22/2023Deficiency - Correction
09/22/2023Deficiency - Deficiency Letter Sent (Proof of Service on Client)
09/18/2023Transcript Documents - Transcript Ordered
09/18/2023Motion - Withdraw as Counsel (Lauren M. Milton and Benjamin D. Cunningham) and Extension of Time of Initial Brief of Appellant
09/18/2023Correspondence - Outgoing (Transcript Overdue Letter)
08/28/2023Correspondence - Incoming (Filing Fee for Notice of Appeal (Civil) - Initial)
08/28/2023Correspondence - Outgoing (Notice of Appeal Initial Letter)
08/23/2023Notice of Appeal (Civil) - Initial