Zirbel v. Deuel County — Court orders new trial over landlocked-parcel access
Case Steve Zirbel and Monica Zirbel v. Deuel County Commissioners Court Supreme Court of South Dakota Judge Salter, Justice; Jensen,
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Civil Procedure
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Maher and Bratcher v. Lorenz — easement and nuisance rulings reversed; maintenance award upheld
Case Jean Maher and Wayne Bratcher v. Tanya Y. Lorenz Court Supreme Court of South Dakota Judge Jensen, Chief Justice;
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Pyle v. South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation — Court denies bid to compel release of death-investigation records
Case Brian Pyle v. State of South Dakota, South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation, Marty Jackley, South Dakota Attorney General,
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In re the Six Cataracts Trust — South Dakota Supreme Court dismisses cross-appeal for lack of jurisdiction
Case In the Matter of the Six Cataracts Trust Court Supreme Court of South Dakota Judge Justice Myren; Chief Justice
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Morse v. State — South Dakota Supreme Court affirms summary judgment for State, holds inverse condemnation claim fails because State’s mining activities occurred on publicly-owned land
Case Andrew Morse and John and Emily Clarke, for themselves and on behalf of all similarly situated individuals v. State
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Gibson v. Gibson — South Dakota Supreme Court affirms dismissal of lawsuit as sanction for attorney’s repeated subpoena violations and improper seizure of a non-party’s privileged medical records
Case Michael A. Gibson v. Greg Gibson, Individually, Joan Gibson, Individually, Gibson Family Limited Partnership, a South Dakota Limited Partnership,
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Fischer v. Fischer-Olson — South Dakota Supreme Court affirms $849,550 jury verdict for family partnership, holding statute-of-frauds compliance is a court question and barring Excel from denying the loans via judicial estoppel
Case Jeffrey Fischer, Allison Fischer, and Fischer Farms Partnership v. Missy Fischer-Olson, Reed J. Olson, and Excel Underground, Inc. Court
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Groves v. Goodsell & Oviatt LLP — South Dakota Supreme Court holds attorney’s estate may pursue quantum meruit recovery when contingency fee agreement terminates at death, reverses summary judgment on fee valuation
Case Elizabeth L. Groves, as Personal Representative of the Estate of William Jason Groves and Groves Law Office v. Goodsell