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Mungo Homes, LLC v. Amanda Leigh Huskins, et vir

Paid petition · Supreme Court of South Carolina, No. 2023-000452 · judgment December 11, 2024


Certiorari denied · October 6, 2025
Pre-decision estimate: 1% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Whether the South Carolina Supreme Court erred in applying a severability rule that disfavors arbitration and by creating a state-specific public policy defense to arbitration that conflicts with the FAA, such that enforcement of arbitration agreements in the State now turns on whether enforcement is sought in state or federal court.

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Elizabeth Anne Franklin-Best
Elizabeth Franklin-Best, PC

For respondent
Elizabeth Van Doren Gray
Robinson Gray Stepp & Laffitte, LLC

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences

Proceedings

  1. Oct 06 2025
    Petition DENIED.
  2. Jul 23 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
  3. Jul 21 2025
    Reply of petitioner Mungo Homes, LLC filed.
  4. Jul 07 2025
    Brief of respondents Amanda L. Huskins, et vir in opposition filed.
  5. May 21 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is extended to and including July 7, 2025.
  6. May 20 2025
    Motion to extend the time to file a response from June 4, 2025 to July 7, 2025, submitted to The Clerk.
  7. May 05 2025
    Response Requested. (Due June 4, 2025)
  8. Apr 29 2025
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 5/15/2025.
  9. Apr 24 2025
    Waiver of right of respondents Amanda L. Huskins, et vir to respond filed.
  10. Apr 16 2025
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due May 19, 2025)