K & S Food Services v. City of Mauldin

THIS OPINION HAS NO PRECEDENTIAL VALUE. IT SHOULD NOT BE
CITED OR RELIED ON AS PRECEDENT IN ANY PROCEEDING
EXCEPT AS PROVIDED BY RULE 268(d)(2), SCACR.

THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
In The Court of Appeals

K & S Food Services, Inc. d/b/a Hailee's Bar and Grill,
Appellant,

v.

City of Mauldin and Mauldin City Council, John
Gardner, Brian Turner, and Callista, LLC, Defendants,

Of whom City of Mauldin and Mauldin City Council,
John Gardner, and Brian Turner are the Respondents.

Appellate Case No. 2013-001714

Appeal From Greenville County
Letitia H. Verdin, Circuit Court Judge

Unpublished Opinion No. 2015-UP-321
Submitted March 1, 2015 – Filed July 1, 2015

AFFIRMED

Robert Clyde Childs, III, of The Childs Law Firm, and J.
Falkner Wilkes, of Craven & Wilkes, both of Greenville,
for Appellant.

Daniel Roper Hughes and John B. Duggan, both of
Duggan & Hughes, LLC, of Greer, for Respondents.
PER CURIAM: Affirmed pursuant to Rule 220(b), SCACR, and the following
authorities: S.C. Code Ann. § 30-4-100(b) (2007) ("If a person or entity
seeking [relief under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)] prevails, he or it
may be awarded reasonable attorney['s] fees and other costs of litigation."); Burton
v. York Cnty. Sheriff's Dep't, 358 S.C. 339, 357-58, 594 S.E.2d 888, 898 (Ct. App.
2004) ("As a general rule, the amount of attorney['s] fees to be awarded in a
particular case is within the discretion of the trial judge. The award, however,
must be reasonable and supported by adequate findings. There are six factors for
the trial court to consider when determining an award of attorney['s] fees: (1) the
nature, extent, and difficulty of the case; (2) the time necessarily devoted to the
case; (3) professional standing of counsel; (4) contingency of compensation; (5)
beneficial results obtained; and (6) customary legal fees for similar services. Upon
request for attorney['s] fees that are authorized by contract or statute, the trial court
should make specific findings of fact on the record for each of these factors."
(internal citations omitted)); Brock v. Town of Mount Pleasant, 411 S.C. 106, 123,
767 S.E.2d 203, 211-12 (Ct. App. 2014) ("[O]n appeal, an award for attorney's fees
will be affirmed so long as sufficient evidence in the record supports each factor."
(internal quotation marks and citation omitted)).

AFFIRMED.1

SHORT, LOCKEMY, and McDONALD, JJ., concur.

1
We decide this case without oral argument pursuant to Rule 215, SCACR.