South Dakota Legal News
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Noem nominee sworn onto the South Dakota Supreme Court
Dickinson Press: "Things have come full-circle for South Dakota's newest Supreme Court Justice Patricia DeVaney. On Thursday, May 23, DeVaney took her oath of office in the state's Capitol Rotunda in Pierre, steps away from her first office as a young lawyer with the Attorney General's Office." -
S.D.: Ex-convict finds redemption after becoming mayor
U.S. News: " It's no secret that Francis 'Butch' Oseby has a history. But as the newly elected mayor of this town of 1,300 located just north of Sioux Falls, the 70-year-old wants to focus on the future." -
Drug Court - treating the addiction for 30 years
Huron Plainsman: "In 1989, in an effort to fight a rising tide of drug arrests, the 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida took a bold step toward both curbing drug abuse and addressing the overcrowding of prisons by incorporating treatment within the structure of its court system." -
Judge curbs South Dakota political contribution law
Courthouse News Service: "A federal judge found unconstitutional Thursday a ballot measure passed by South Dakota voters last year that bans out-of-state contributions to ballot question committees." -
S.D.: Federal judge garners piece of state history
Moody County Enterprise: "Flandreau native Karen Schreier has the distinction of being the first female judge appointed by a president to serve in South Dakota. After nearly 20 years working in that spot as a U.S. District Judge for the District of South Dakota, she retains the distinction of being the only one." -
SD Supreme Court takes up case lawyer says could be 'absolute destruction' of tribal sovereign immunity
Rapid City Journal: "A former school principal is alleging he was wrongfully terminated from his job in a South Dakota Supreme Court case that one lawyer said could be an 'absolute destruction' of tribal nations' sovereign immunity." -
Company must pay housing taxes on property leased from US government, South Dakota justices rule
KELO News: "The private corporation that manages a housing development for personnel at Ellsworth Air Force Base owed property taxes to Meade County starting in 2011, even though the U.S. government wasn't taxed on the 838 units during the previous 20 years before the company took control of the lease, the South Dakota Supreme Court said in a decision released Thursday." -
SD Supreme Court to decide country musician, others' liability for unpaid debts to investors
Dickinson Press: "In the latest development of a Chinese investing group's court battle for repayment, the South Dakota Supreme Court is set to decide whether individual loan guarantors -- including country musician Kenneth 'Big Kenny' Alphin -- are personally liable for over $32.5 million in unpaid loans." -
S.D.: Supreme Court nixes transfer of child abuse case to tribe
U.S. News: "The South Dakota Supreme Court has ruled a judge erred when he transferred a child abuse and neglect case from state court to tribal court. The high court says the judge should have considered testimony from the child's doctor in making the transfer." -
SD Supreme Court upholds hog barn insurance case decision
Mitchell Daily Republic: "The South Dakota Supreme Court issued an opinion last week upholding a Douglas County court's decision not to require an insurance company to pay to represent a man in a separate case involving a hog barn."