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SD courts delay trials, excuse no-shows, reduce jail population for coronavirus
Rapid City Journal: "South Dakota courts are delaying trials, excusing no-shows, attempting to reduce jail populations and taking other measures to help prevent the spread of the coronavirus." -
USD law professor edits journal focused on agriculture policy
Yankton Press and Dakotan: "Thomas Horton, a professor of law and the Heidepriem Trial Advocacy Fellow at the University of South Dakota School of Law, served as guest editor of the winter issue of Competition Policy International’s journal Antitrust Chronicle." -
S.D. Supreme Court gives judges authority to modify operations
U.S. News: "The South Dakota Supreme Court has issued an order declaring a judicial emergency because of the new coronavirus." -
Minnesota Supreme Court sides with Winona County on frac-sand ban
Winona Daily News: "The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that Winona County did not violate the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution with its ban on frac-sand mining." -
'It's been a good run': SD chief justice reflects on career
Mitchell Daily Republic: "David Gilbertson has been the South Dakota Supreme Court's chief justice for just shy of two decades, longer than anyone in the state's history. During that time, he told The Daily Republic in Pierre recently, nearly every major issue facing the state's judicial system has changed." -
Minnesota justices revive defamation claims over cop’s murder
Courthouse News Service: "The Minnesota Supreme Court handed down a tempered victory Wednesday for a man suing two media outlets, ruling that a defamation case against a local newspaper and a statewide television news channel needed closer scrutiny from a jury." -
South Dakota courts want more $ to treat more, hire more officers and pay judges more
KELO News: "The state Unified Judicial System needs more than what the governor has requested to bring its budget into line with growing demands that already strain circuit courts, two South Dakota Supreme Court members told state lawmakers Wednesday." -
S.D.: Daugaard reflects on career at forum
Yankton Daily Press & Dakotan: "He grew up near Dell Rapids, but former Gov. Dennis Daugaard said he learned so much more about South Dakota during his time in public office." -
State courts plan to use mental telehealth services in rural parts of South Dakota
KELO News: "State government’s courts want the Legislature’s approval to look at how mental telehealth services could work in some of South Dakota’s rural counties." -
S.D.: Launch of website to access court records from any computer is delayed
Rapid City Journal: "The launch of a website that will let South Dakotans view public court records from any computer has been delayed for more than a year due to privacy concerns."