South Dakota Consumer Protection Law
<h2> <center> Kylea Wagner v. Rigo Tovar </h2> </center>
Rapid City, South Dakota family law lawyers represented the parties in a protective order matter.<br> <br> Kylea Wagner filed a petition for a protection order against Rigo Tovar for herself and their two minor children. Following a permanent order hearing, the circuit court found that domestic abuse occurred and issued a five-year domestic permanent protection order that required Rigo not to hav... More...
$0 (08-08-2025 - SD)<h2><center> United States of America v. Harvey Allen Hugs </h2></center
<h2><br> Rapid City, South Dakota Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act violation criminal defense lawyer. <br> </h2><br> <br> A jury convicted Harvey Hugs of unlawfully selling eagle parts. See 16 U.S.C. § 668(a). The district court sentenced Hugs to 36 months' imprisonment, and ordered him to pay $70,000 in restitution. Hugs appeals the order of restitution. We vacate the judgment and remand w... More...
$0 (08-18-2024 - SD)<h1><center> United States of America v. Joshua Booth </h1></center>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Sioux Falls, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Joshua Booth, age 27, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, and ordered to pay a special assessment... More...
$0 (04-05-2024 - SD)<h2><center> Zvitaliy Strizheus v. The City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota </h2></center>
Sioux Falls, South Dakota civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants taking of property without just compensation.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiffs Vitaliy and Nataliya Strizheus (collectively “Plaintiffsâ€) seek a preliminary injunction to prevent Defendant the City of Sioux Falls (“the Cityâ€) from enforcing a final state court judgment permitting the razing of ... More...
$0 (07-27-2023 - SD)<h2> <center> Joshua A. Lapin v. Everquote, Inc., et al. </h2> <center>
Sioux Falls, South Dakota consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued defendant on a fraud theory.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Sioux_Falls_SD_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Federal Courthouse - Sioux Falls, South Dakota"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Federal Courthouse - Sioux Falls, South Da... More...
$0 (02-17-2023 - SD)<h2> <center> Kathrina Wheeler v. Kimball Tirey & St. John, LLP et al. </h2> </center>
San Diego, California consumer credit lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on Fair Debt Collection Act violation theories.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/San_Diego_CA-Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - San Diego"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - San Diego><br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="https://... More...
$0 (02-17-2023 - SD)<h2><center> TERESA BURGI, INDIVIDUALLY AND TERESA BURGI, AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR K.B. v. EAST WINDS COURT, INC. v. RONALD PASMAN, Third-Party Defendant</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Pierre, South Dakota - Personal Injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs and Appellants with alleging two negligence theories and a breach of contract claim. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> East Winds Court is a mobile home community in Yankton owned by <br> the similarly named corporation, East Winds Court, Inc. Teresa Burgi rent... More...
$0 (07-05-2022 - SD)<h2><center> NORTHLAND CAPTIAL v. ROBINSON</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Pierre, South Dakota - Agricultural Law lawyer represented Plaintiff and Appellee with filing suit for non payment for grain bin monitoring equipment. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> Robinson purchased grain bin monitoring equipment for his farm in <br> Spink County from American Edge Grain, Inc. on May 8, 2017. The purchase w... More...
$0 (07-05-2022 - SD)<h2><center> JEREMY FLINT v. LYNDSEY FLINT</h2></center>
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented Plaintiff with seeking primary physical custody of a child. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> The parties met in 2010 through a mutual friend and began dating. <br> Jeremy is originally from Sioux Falls, but at the time, he was serving in the United <br> States Air Force and stationed at Tra... More...
$0 (06-10-2022 - SD)<h2><center> JULIE NIEMITALO v. RICHARD SEIDEL</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented Defendant and Appellee with whether their divorce agreement released Julie’s right to bring a civil suit against Richard. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> <br> [¶2.] Julie and Richard had been married for 23 years when, in September <br> 2017, she filed for divorce based on Richard�... More...
$0 (04-10-2022 - SD)<h2><center> GANTVOORT v. RANSCHAU</h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented Plaintiff with suing his former wife for placing a hidden recording device in Doug’s office. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> [¶2.] Doug and Mary married in 1996. During the course of their marriage, <br> they owned and operated a specialty restoration business in Clear Lake, South <... More...
$0 (04-10-2022 - SD)<h2><center> TIMOTHY JOHN EVENS v. RACHEL JOANNA EVENS </h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented appellant appealing decree of divorce.</h3></font></b></i></center></font><h2><br> <br> <br> Rachel Evens and Tim Evens were married in 2005 and have four <br> minor children. At the time of their marriage, the couple lived in Havre, Montana, <br> where Tim owned and operated a carpet cleaning business, kn... More...
$0 (01-28-2022 - SD)<h2><center> AME JO BATCHELDER v. MATTHEW JAMES BATCHELDER </h2></center>
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented defendant issued a protective order by the court. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> Ame and Matthew were married on February 26, 2005, in Rapid City, <br> where they continue to reside. They have one child, A.B., who was born in 2006. <br> Ame commenced a divorce action in 2019, and the couple ... More...
$0 (01-27-2022 - SD)<center> <h2> STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. SHAWN MICHAEL SHELTON </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Criminal defense attorney represented Shawn Michael Shelton with the sale of methamphetamine to a confidential informant (CI) charge.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> [¶2.] Detective Joseph Erickson (Detective Erickson) of the Yankton Police <br> Department and Special Agent Ryan Pennock (Agent Pennock) of the South Dakota <br> Division of Crimin... More...
$0 (04-26-2021 - SD)<center> <h2> STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. JONATHON W. KLINETOBE </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Criminal defense attorney represented Jonathon Klinetobe with an aiding and abetting first-degree manslaughter charge</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> [¶2.] Jonathon Klinetobe (Klinetobe) was in an on-again, off-again <br> relationship with Jessica Rehfeld (Rehfeld) throughout 2014 and 2015. Both lived <br> in Rapid City. Their relationship ultim... More...
$0 (04-26-2021 - SD)<center> <h2> STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. DEONDRE DAVIS WILSON </h2> </center>
<center><h2><font color="red"> Sioux Falls, SD - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Deondre Wilson with <i>claiming the existence of plain error through the admission of certain evidence and the prosecutor’s closing argument. Wilson directs an additional challenge to his assault convictions, arguing that their domestic designation reflects an essential element that was not proven a... More...
$0 (11-30-2020 - SD)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Brian Hinman </h2> </center>
Rapid City, SD - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.<br> <br> Brian Hinman, age 38, was charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.<br> <br> From approximately November 2018 to December 2018, Hinman obtained methamphetamine, which he then distributed in South Dakota. A traffic stop of Hinman by Nebraska State Patrol, in Decem... More...
$0 (11-08-2020 - SD)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Matthew John Sweeney </h2> </center>
Sioux Falls, South Dakota felony firearm possession criminal defense lawyer represented Matthew John Sweeney, age 36, who was charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.<br> <br> Sweeney was indicted by a federal grand jury on December 9, 2019. He pled guilty on July 30, 2020.<br> <br> The conviction stemmed from an incident on or about September 7, 2019, when the Mitchell Police... More...
$0 (10-20-2020 - SD)<center> <h2> STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. GRADY WILLIAMS </h2> </center>
Sturgis, SD - Criminal Defense Attorney, possession of controlled substances, marijuana, paraphernalia, and a loaded firearm while intoxicated<br> <br> <br> <center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://www.overtimepaylaws.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/south-dakota-supreme-court-building.jpg"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><b... More...
$0 (09-30-2020 - SD)<center> <h2> STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. COLE TAYLOR </h2> </center>
Sturgis, SD - Criminal Defense Attorney, second-degree rape, and sexual contact involving a second victim <br> <br> <center><br> <table><br> <td><br> <img width="400" src=" https://www.overtimepaylaws.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/south-dakota-supreme-court-building.jpg"> <br> </td><br> </table><br> <h1> <font color="red"> </font> </h1><br> </center><br> <br> <br> [¶2.] On November 10, 201... More...
$0 (09-30-2020 - SD)<center> <h2> STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. JOSHUA JOHN ARMSTRONG </h2> </center>
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> Armstrong has been an inmate in the South Dakota State Penitentiary<br> since his 2009 conviction o... More...
$0 (04-03-2020 - SD)<center> <h2> STEPHANIE BONEBRIGHT v. CITY OF MILLER and SDML WORKERS’ COMPENSATION FUND </h2> </center>
<center><h1><p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding:<br> 0em;"><a href="http://www.callmorelaw.com/" target="_new">MoreLaw Receptionists</a></br><font Color="Red">VOIP Phone and Virtual Receptionist Services<br> Call 918-582-6422 Today<br> </font></h1><P></center><br> James Bonebright began his employment with the City of Miller (the<br> City) in 1987, working for t... More...
$0 (04-03-2020 - SD)<center> <h2> BritAm Nutritional Concepts, Inc. v. Consumer Supply Distributing, LLC </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/sd/locations/aber2.jpg"><br> </center><br> Pierre, SD - BritAm Nutritional Concepts, Inc. sued Consumer Supply Distributing, LLC on a negligence theory.... More...
$1 (07-29-2019 - SD)<center> <h2> STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. GREGORY DEJESUS TWO HEARTS </h2> </center>
<center><br> <h1><br> <p style="border:3px; border-style:solid; border-color:#FF0000; padding: 0em;"><br> <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/recent.asp" target="_new">MoreLaw Helps People Find Lawyers</a><br> <font><br> </h1><br> </center><br> On January 19, 2015, three men robbed the Casino Korner in Aberdeen, South Dakota and then fled avoiding arrest. The suspects evaded the police for m... More...
$0 (04-01-2019 - SD)<center> <h2> STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. RICHARD KEITH ROEDDER </h2> </center>
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$0 (02-01-2019 - SD)<center> <h2> First State Bank of Roscoe; John R. Beyers v. Brad Allen Stabler; Brenda Lee Stabler </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/sd/locations/aber2.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> First State Bank of Roscoe (the “Bank”) and John R. Beyers appeal the<br> judgment of the district court affirming a bankruptcy 1 court order holding them in<br> 1The Honorable Roberto A. Lange, United States District Judge for the District<br> of South Dakota, affirming the o... More...
$0 (01-31-2019 - SD)<center> <h2> Oglala Sioux Tribe, et al. v. Lisa Fleming, Mark Vargos, Honorable Craig Pfeifle, Lynne A. Valenti </h2> </center>
<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/sd/locations/rapidcty.jpg"><br> </center><br> The Oglala Sioux Tribe, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, and tribal members Madonna<br> Pappan and Lisa Young brought this action against various South Dakota officials<br> under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. They challenged procedures used in proceedings brought by<br> the State to remove children te... More...
$0 (09-18-2018 - SD)<Center><h2>SARAH THOMPSON v. WAMBLI BEAR RUNNER</h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src=" http://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/sdpb/files/styles/medium/public/201702/sdsc_1_small.jpg"> <center </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black"> </FONT> </h2>
Sarah and Wambli live across the street from each other in Rapid City, South Dakota, in the tight-knit community of Lakota Homes. They also attended school together at Oglala Lakota College. Sarah and Wambli first started communicating in 2014 when Sarah began dating Wambli’s ex-boyfriend, Clay Ramsey. Sarah and Clay dated for only three months. [¶3.] On December 19, 2014, Wambli initiate... More...
$0 (07-22-2018 - SD)<center> <h1> South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. </h1> <P> <img width="300" src= " https://www.supremecourt.gov/images/1993-2-3.jpg"> <P> <h2>SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES </h2> </center>
When a consumer purchases goods or services, theconsumer’s State often imposes a sales tax. This case requires the Court to determine when an out-of-stateseller can be required to collect and remit that tax. All concede that taxing the sales in question here is lawful. The question is whether the out-of-state seller can be held responsible for its payment, and this turns on a proper interpretati... More...
$0 (06-21-2018 - SD)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Robert "Larry" Lytle, Ronald D. Weir and Irina Kossovskaia <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.sdd.uscourts.gov/sites/sdd/files/welcome-img2.jpg"> <P> Federal Courthouse - Rapid City, South Dakota </h2> </center>
Rapid City, SD - Three Conspirators Sentenced in $16.6m Fraudulent Medical Device Scheme<br> Trio Marketed Laser Devices to Elderly Consumers as Cure-All<br> <br> Three defendants who marketed and sold light-emitting medical devices as a cure-all to consumers, primarily targeting the elderly, were sentenced on April 20, 2018 by a federal judge in Rapid City, South Dakota. <br> <br> Robert “Larry... More...
$0 (04-24-2018 - SD)<center><h2>STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. TRAVIS ROBERT PHILLIPS</h2> <table> <td> <img width="300" src="https://www.overtimepaylaws.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/south-dakota-supreme-court-building.jpg"> </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="black">South Dakota Supreme Court </FONT> </h2>
Travis Phillips and Amanda Johnson were married in 2014. Their marriage was often contentious. Phillips suspected Johnson of having affairs, which led to many accusations and arguments. [¶3.] On June 24, 2016, Johnson called Phillips at work to inform him that a law enforcement officer came to their apartment to serve legal papers. The paperwork related to stalking charges filed against Philli... More...
$0 (01-07-2018 - SD)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Anthony Donte Collier <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.ndd.uscourts.gov/lci/BisCR1.jpg"> <p> District of North Dakota Federal Courtroom - Fargo, North Dakota </h2> </center>
Fargo, ND - Illinois Resident Sentenced on Sex Trafficking Charges<br> <br> Anthony Donte Collier, a/k/a Koleone The Great, age 30, of Illinois, was sentenced on December 21, 2017 in federal court after being found guilty by a trial jury in April of this year. Collier was sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment, to be followed by a lifetime of supervised release on charges of Conspiracy to Engage in... More...
$0 (12-26-2017 - SD)<center> <h2> Roger Lee v. William Driscoll <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/sites/ca8/files/slides/marketStreetCourthouse.jpg"> <P> United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit - St. Louis, Missouri </h2> </center>
Mary and Roger Lee sued Mathews Township, South Dakota, and three<br> members of the Township Board of Supervisors—William Driscoll, Greg Albrecht,<br> and William Albrecht (collectively, the individual defendants)—alleging claims<br> under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law. The defendants moved for dismissal and<br> summary judgment, which the district court denied in part and granted in part. ... More...
$0 (09-07-2017 - SD)<center> <h2> United States of America v. Kenneth E. Orrock <P> <img width="300" src="http://www.sdd.uscourts.gov/sites/sdd/files/welcome-img2.jpg"> <P> Federal Courthouse - Rapid City, South Dakota </h2> </center>
Rapid City, SD - Rapid City Man Sentenced for Failing to Pay Taxes<br> <br> A Rapid City, South Dakota, man convicted of Willful Failure to Collect and Pay Over Tax was sentenced on August 30, 2017, by Chief Judge Jeffrey L. Viken, U.S. District Court. The Defendant was charged on January 30, 2017, and pleaded guilty on February 12, 2017.<br> <br> During the years 2011 through 2015, Orrock was the... More...
$0 (09-06-2017 - SD)<center><h2>STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA vs. SHELLY D. STANLEY</h2> <table> <td> <img width="”200" src="https://www.overtimepaylaws.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/south-dakota-supreme-court-building.jpg"> </td> </table></center><center><h3><FONT COLOR="black">South Dakota Supreme Court </FONT> </h3>
On August 3, 2015, the Sturgis Motorcycle Rally was underway in Sturgis, South Dakota. Shortly before 1:00 a.m., Sturgis Police Officers Mike Varilek and Tom Strickland (collectively, “the Officers”) received a report from another police officer that a male and female had entered a single-occupancy, portable toilet located in the middle of 2nd Street. Officer Varilek testified that such an e... More...
$0 (06-09-2017 - SD)<center><h2>STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. ASHLEY LEE</h2> <table> <td> <img width="200" src="https://geo1.ggpht.com/cbk?panoid=-FyiXzX0ebuSLZwOqhi42A&output=thumbnail&cb_client=search.LOCAL_UNIVERSAL.gps&thumb=2&w=139&h=160&yaw=30.440128&pitch=0&thumbfov=100"> </td> </table></center><center><h3><FONT COLOR="black"<South Dakota Supreme Court> </FONT> </h3>
On May 16, 2015, Lee was shopping at a Walmart in Rapid City when an asset protection associate, Aaron Miller, noticed her concealing items in her purse. She paid for other items at the store, but failed to pay for those that she had placed in her purse. After she passed all points of sale, Miller apprehended her. He recovered the items stolen (totaling a value of $36.63), reported the incident... More...
$0 (05-26-2017 - SD)<center><h2>STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. TODD DAVID LINSON</h2> <table> <td> <img width="250" src="http://www.homefacts.com/images/offenders/southdakota/thumb/S153809820170413.jpg"> </td> </table></center><center><h2><FONT COLOR="red">Child Porn </FONT> </h2>
On the evening of March 3, 2013, Officers Mertes and Buss were dispatched to Linson’s residence to investigate a report of possible child pornography found on a computer. Linson’s wife and sister were at the residence when law enforcement arrived. They directed the officers to a computer that required a password to access. When Linson arrived home, he provided the login password so the offi... More...
$0 (05-26-2017 - SD)<center><h2>STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. MATTHEW LAMAR HOPKINS</h2> <table> <td> <img width="200" src= "https://geo1.ggpht.com/cbk?panoid=-FyiXzX0ebuSLZwOqhi42A&output=thumbnail&cb_client=search.LOCAL_UNIVERSAL.gps&thumb=2&w=139&h=160&yaw=30.440128&pitch=0&thumbfov=100"> </td> </center></table><h2><FONT COLOR="red"></FONT> </h2>
On the evening of September 25, 2015, Officer Wagner was completing paperwork at the Parkston Police Department when she heard a loud vehicle pass by. She looked up from her work and observed a white vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed. She immediately went to her patrol car and tried to use radar to determine the speed of the vehicle but was unsuccessful. The vehicle turned into a gas st... More...
$0 (04-17-2017 - SD)Keith Mendenhall v. Lisa Swanson
[¶1.] Keith Mendenhall appeals a jury verdict awarding $211,710 to Lisa Swanson, his former wife, in compensatory and punitive damages for intentional infliction of emotional distress and alienation of affection. Keith argues the circuit court erred by admitting 14 exhibits consisting of court documents from prior proceedings. We reverse and remand.<br> Facts and Procedural History<br> [¶2.] Lis... More...
$0 (01-04-2017 - SD)<center> <b><h2>STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. CHARLES BIRDSHEAD</b></h2></center> <P> <center> <img width=300" src="http://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/rapidcityjournal.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/7/83/78376b38-3b4f-5111-8c11-fdb6a59469a0/54b7266ce509a.image.jpg"> <h2><FONT COLOR="red"> </FONT> </h2> </center>
In 2013, a jury found Charles Birdshead guilty of first-degree <br> manslaughter, commission of a felony with a firearm, and possession of a controlled <br> weapon. Birdshead appealed his convictions, asserting eight issues for this Court’s <br> review. See State v. Birdshead (Birdshead I), 2015 S.D. 77, 871 N.W.2d 62. One <br> issue from the first appeal is relevant to this appeal—whether ... More...
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