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GRIGGS v. SOUTH CAROLINA ELEC. & GAS CO.

No. 24329.

463 S.E.2d 608 (1995)

Bobbie June GRIGGS, Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY, Respondent. Peter Harvey GRIGGS, Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC & GAS COMPANY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

Decided October 16, 1995.

Rehearing Denied November 16, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Bowler, of John P. Bowler & Associates, P.A., North Charleston, for appellant.

John M. Mahon, Jr., Columbia, for respondent.

MOORE, Justice.

The circuit court granted respondent's motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction on the ground the federal Copyright Act1 (Act) preempts appellants' complaints. We affirm.

FACTS

In 1989, appellant Bobbie June Griggs submitted a recipe in the Third Annual Rice Cook-Off sponsored by respondent South Carolina Electric and Gas Company (SCE & G). Mrs. Griggs was not chosen as a finalist...

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