RG 21 - U.S. District Courts, Equity Case Files (Circuit Court) - Charleston, South Carolina

National Archives Identifier 2057844

This series consists of equity case files, usually involving disputes over property rights. The cases consist of matters where a party was seeking injunctive relief and relied on the court to determine what was fair and equitable. Many of the cases were filed to resolve patent or copyright infringements. Equity cases also include legal matters not covered by statute or requiring proceedings before a jury, such as filings of assignees and trustees, who were seeking to recover certain properties from defendants' bankruptcy cases. The case files may include the following types of records: bills in equity, supplemental bills, bills of complaint, affidavits, agreements, answers, amended answers, bonds, decrees, demurrers, depositions, exhibits, injunctions, joinders, motions for injunctions, motions for extensions of time, motions to dismiss complaints, notices of appeals and motions, opinions, orders including orders of referral, orders on motions and petitions, and orders overruling demurrers; petitions including petitions for restraining order, petitions for rules to show cause, petitions to distribute assets, petitions to produce documents and petitions to stay proceedings, praecipes, proofs of service, replications, reports of special masters, rules for attachment, stipulations, subpoenas, testimony, warrants and writs of certiorari.