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The South Carolina Library Campus Monday Volume LXX No. |0 University of South Carolina, Columbia, S.C. Oct. B, 198Q Lcl\A ove By Susan Hand 8taff Writer Lawyers representing the owners of "the Pit" parking lot have served a petition on ITCP Timnttin A.linn uovaiiuiuu^ iixiiuiuj v^uiiiii and the university requesting documents pertinent to the case, but they said the university refuses to produce the documents unless the lawyers get a court order. William Quirk and William Pope, attorneys for the Rembert family, the lot's owners, served Quinn with a netition Sent 30 reouestinc I x a o I Br .7 H'.nJf-Tt1: !:.*\-j.-"'- x^jy^, YU^ D / i ricr mtjifiuot i lauiiiy an for several years. (JSC (Photo by Marc Coreyj In battle for St NAACl By Leroy Willh Staff Writar USC's NAACP chapter, de student senate Oct. 1, has regional office to help in its aj decision. The senate rejected the cha request on the grounds that t to a noliticallv active m NAACP. The senate is nc political organizations. Chapter President Kenn discussed the funding d< Johnson, the NAACP's regioi Atlanta. He said Johnson p organization's national officc ALLEN SAID Johnson wi statement from the New Yo that the USC chapter is p? youth d i vision, which is not p ml _ i!. I iL, me senate quesuuneu iu? ties because the NAACP chapters to send 55 percent < dues to the national offi suggested that the money political lobbying. "They have a valid point," money we would have i WW 4H* < that he produce the papers. Quirk said the university should have complied with the petition and turned over the documents by Oct. 6. "They served us with a petition that set up a hearing for Oct. 7 to decide on the taking of the land," Quirk said. "After they filed thai petition, we filed againsl them to produce the documents pertinent to the case. "We wanted to review the documents before the hearing they had schedulec for Oct. 7," he said. "That's - '-V id USC have been battling * is trying to condemn the I ? udent oovernr ^chapte univers ims purpos John nied funding by the week i asked the NAACP the ser ppeal of the senate's said,h tpter's $1,900 budget ANO he chapter is linked was th itional group, the duplic>t allowed to fund of Afr< studen .4L A 11 : J U wv em /Mien saiu nc Me enial with Janice benefi rial youth director in only tc lans to contact the the in New York. gradui Stud 11 request a written said tl rk office explaining impor irt of the NAACP's >olitically active. ,4TH 3 chapter's political anothi rfxinires its vouth SO!.r their membership mitte< ce. Some senators ween might be used for enou# Allen said. "But the Alle received from the authoi s b< le v why we made it returnab by Oct. 6." i QUIRK SAID Quinn tc him Tuesday that tl i university would not tu ; over the documents un ; Quirk obtained a court < ; der. Quinn wasn't availat t for comment. t ; "We will go to court ! Wednesday or Thursday get a court order," Qui ? said. "We just want ; discuss getting the pertim i papers at that hearing," > said. "They want to disci ; , s st' iajjM , _> v mS^S^^y ,CriSv'4'-:'V . : >'\ . over "the Pit"parking lot land to regain ownership. nent money *? ir calls i sity would not have been used es." son may come to USC wit! ind present the NAACP's ex late, Allen said. If she cannot e will state the chapter's case. >THER REASON for the sena at some senators said the NAi ates services provided by the )-American Students. But Allc ts want the organization to op< * -1 11 XT A A /irk _ L. A said me iN/\/v^r cnapicr ts AFRO lacks. AFRO, he s college students, but a studer JAACP retains his memb< ation. lent Government Vice Preside le group's possible political ti tant as its duplication of AFR( IE QUESTION here is do we sr such organization," Floy( (Student Organization Lie* ;) said there was enough di the two (groups) to license, h difference to fund them (the n said the senate does n< rity to determine whether or i it' ile both the papers and the taking of the land at the hearing. Id "I think the judge will see he it our way and will force rn them to give us the til documents before we have a >r- hearing on the taking of the >le land," he said. Quirk said he has served Ho nniuorcifv u/ith n rvftitinri l"v- ...v.. ? on for a summary judgment in to favor of the family, but he rk said no action had been to taken on it. ;nt He also said the university he has not received approval iss from the board of trustees to begin condemnation proceedings. He said the board's approval was required for such action. The board plans to meet Saturday. Quirk said the property is worth $600,000. USC offered the family $85,000 ? a price Quinncalled "reasonable." I THE REMBERT family rejected USC's offer and authorized the Furman Fulmer Co. to lease each of the lot's 200 spaces for $15 a month. Quirk said USC's action prevented the family from gaining economic benefit from the land for P more than a year, costing the family about $36,000. The landowners allege || USC made "unlawful and unauthorized'/ use of the lot from June 5, 1975 until the property was returned by all rniirt nrrlor to thf? Rpmhprt i family in June 1979. Quirk said Pope received a phone message from Quirk Oct. 6 informing him that the hearing would not take place the next day. Quinn said the hearing had never been scheduled for n reinfor for political is politically moti Organization Li lin the next decides which gr planation to authority. come, Allen SOLC adviser C is reviewing th stitution to deter te's decision has authority to d \CP chapter Allen also attri ; Association lack of minority ;n said black "We need someoi erate. not saying the bl offers some now are not loud < ;aid, is open but it never hurts it member of >rship after THERE WEF uncontested (for nt Jeff Floyd Allen said. "Ther es are not as Allen says he is 3. receive funding statement is pre want to fund said, the chapt i said. "The generating progi ensing Com- more creative," I fference betbut is there Floyd said the NAACP)?" money after the p They've been turi Dt have the already. Two ch not his group groups get.'' STATE OF SOUTH CAROLIN COUNTY OF RICHLAND University of South Carolina, Petitioner, vs. George R. Rembert, David H. Rembert, Anne Jones PoweJl, Lloyd E. Jones, Jr., John Carleton Jones, Augusta Rembert Walsh, and Eliza oein memoeri ryier. Landowners The Landowners in the a undersigned attorneys, herel Court Rule 44, for summary against the Petitioner dismis Petitioner lacks authority to the ground that there is n material fact in this regard the Landowners are entitled as a matter of law. This Motion is based o produced by the Petition :, < law and other evidence of r Kimiinri nf fhic \1ntiitn V \71 VIIIO iTIUilVlli [ October 3,1980 Columbia, South Carolina. Oct. 7. He said Oct. 7 was the first day the hearing could j take place. QUIRK SAID he must f have the documents before j the condemnation hearing so ! he can prepare his case. The Rembert family ! claims that the condemnation papers filed i against them by USC Aug. 2a are "improper and . unauthorized under the laws : of South Carolina." I They further claim that the condemnation papers cements vated. He said only the Student censing Committee, which oups can be funded, has that Hivia White said the committee e Student Government conmine whether the committee ecide the issue. ibuted the senate's decision to representation in the senate, le in the senate," he said. "I'm acks that I know in the senate enough in voicing our concerns, to have more. IE a lot of candidates running vacant senate seats this fall), e a re a venues open.'' optimistic that the chapter will when the national office's sented. If the appeal fails, he er will plan more revenuerams. "We'll just have to be lesaid. group's chances of receiving resentation were ' slim to none, ned down twice (by the senate) lances is more than a lot of IA IN THEtOUKTUK COMMON PLEAS MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT 80 CP 40-3483 ibove action, through their by move pursuant to Circuit judgment in their favor and sing this proceeding because institute the within action on o genuine issue as to any and on the undisputed facts to have this action dismissed >n the pleadings, material iepositions, memorandum of ecord which will be filed in WILLIAM J. QUIRK Attorney for Landowners ROBINSON. McFADDKN. MOORE & POPE Bv: WILLIAM L. POPE Attorneys for Landowners t were instituted "without lawful authorization, and there exists no public necessity or purpose for such action..." The family also claim* that "the value placed on the ...u .ni auujcn pi ujjt'i i v .. .is wiiuiij inadequate to constitute just compensation or a fair price, and the value stated ihy USC') is so insufficient as a fair valuation as 16 demonstrate bad faith on the part of the petitioner \k dealing with the lan^ owners." * ?r. mill IM -VV >Mkyv?< >oAA * "* r ^ T oday at USC ^ Southern Culture Symposium: "Southern Roots ? A Conversation on A 1 n Al ? 1 me suumern experience," 7:30 p.m. Belk Auditorium, business adiminstration building. H11 Film: "Casablanca," the WW II BogartBergman romance I is back. Show at 2:30 p.m., 75 cents. Shnvv<s at 7 anr) p.m., $1. Weather I Today: Sunny and > warm. High in the mid-70s. Thursday: Fair with high in the 70s. Low in the 40s.