Judge Schedules Hearing for November 26
South Carolina Circuit Court Judge Edgar Dickson has scheduled a hearing for Tuesday, November 26, at 10 am, at the Orangeburg County Courthouse in Orangeburg, SC to hear the matters before the court on remittitur following the final decision and judgement of the South Carolina Supreme Court on August 2, 2017.
The hearing was announced in an email to attorneys late yesterday afternoon in which it was noted that the purpose of the hearing would be “to hear the motion for reconsideration and any other pending motions that have not been heard.”
To clarify the currently pending motions before Judge Dickson, Chancellor Tom Tisdale (along with Mary Kostel, Chancellor to the Presiding Bishop) sent a letter to Judge Dickson this morning outlining these motions as follows:
- Petition for enforcement and the appointment of a special master (filed May 8, 2018 and amended May 16, 2018)
- Petition for an accounting (filed July 7, 2018)
- Motion for reconsideration of court’s order to deny our motion to dismiss the Betterments case (filed September 19, 2019).
The South Carolina Supreme Court issued a majority decision in August 2017 to return the diocesan property and 29 parishes to the Episcopal parties. In November 2017, that decision was remitted to Judge Dickson to be executed. The last hearing before Judge Dickson was on July 23, 2019.