( October 16, 2024, 11:59 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The South Carolina Department of Parks, Recreation and Tourism (SCDPRT) in an Oct. 15 reply brief defends its application with the U.S. Supreme Court to stay a Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals mandate of a ruling that the department waived sovereign immunity in a discovery subpoena with Google LLC, arguing that state law and binding precedent establish that the state’s attorney general has no authority to waive its immunity....