State to get Disputed $700 Million

Stimulus Battle - STATE TO GET DISPUTED $700 MILLION - S.C. High Court Orders Sanford to accept money - Four Justices say state law requires him to take funds

NEWS ARTICLE EXCERPT
By: Rick Bundrett, The State (Columbia, SC). June 5, 2009

The state's top court ruled unanimously Thursday that Gov. Mark Sanford must apply for the disputed $700 million in federal stimulus money.

The S.C. Supreme Court also took the rare step of issuing a writ of mandamus which orders the governor to apply for the money.

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