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School funding lawsuit trial coverage - MOST RECENT WEEK

Dr. Tom Truitt contributes the trial coverage we offer below in Word format. Truitt, executive director of the Pee Dee Education Foundation, is a former superintendent of Florence One schools, one of the original plaintiff districts.

To view previous weeks' trial coverage by Truitt, please visit our trial coverage archive page. At right are links to Word format trial coverage documents provided by the law firm of Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough.

WEEK 25: November 27-30, 2004

Thursday, November 29
"Day 101 began at 9:30 in the Clarendon County Courthouse with Dr. Lorin Anderson taking the witness stand to be cross-examined by state attorney Bobby Stepp. Anderson, the final witness in the plaintiff’s rebuttal testimony, had completed his direct examination on November 5 in Columbia... "
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WEEK 26: December 6-10, 2004

Thursday, December 9 - CLOSING ARGUMENTS
"The crowd for the closing arguments of Abbeville v. South Carolina was larger than any day other than the silent vigil back in June. A hundred or more people attended the trial during the day, including Speaker of the House David Wilkins and Senators John Land and Phil Leventis... "
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