South Dakota Judgment Law
<h2> <center> Seamus Culhane, Turbak Law Office, P.C., Thomas Dickson and Dickson Law Office v. Bill Trovson
Watertown, South Dakota, lawyers represented the parties in a declaratory judgement actions. Bill Thovson, a South Dakota resident, contacted attorney Seamus Culhane, a South Dakota attorney, following the tragic death of Thovson’s wife, Paula, as a result of a car accident in North Dakota on July 28, 2020. Culhane agreed to represent Thovson and his minor daughter in relation to Paula’... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - SD)Rodney Alexander v. Estate of Steve Hobart and Nick Hobart
Rapid City, South Dakota civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract dispute.<br> <br> Rodney Alexander and Steve Hobart entered into an agreement giving Alexander a right of first refusal to purchase Steve's cattle and to have Steve's national forest livestock grazing permit transferred to him. They, along with Steve's son Nick, later signed an addendum clarifying th... More...
$0 (07-25-2025 - SD)Mary A. Johnson v. Gregory M. Johnson
<h2><br> Rapid City, South Dakota real property law lawyers represented the parties in a real estate dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Mary Johnson entered into an oral agreement with her parents under which they conveyed a parcel of real property to her so that she could obtain financing to construct a small home for them on the property. In exchange, Mary and her family were able to live in a lar... More...
$0 (11-20-2024 - SD)United States of America v. Tujuane Leno Lowry </center
<h2><br> Pierre, South Dakota felony possession of a firearm criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendnt.<br> </h2><br> <br> On March 10, 2023, after the state trial date was continued, the government moved the court to unseal Lowry's federal indictment and obtained a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum that allowed for the transfer of Lowry from state to federal custody. Lowry appeared in ... More...
$0 (08-18-2024 - SD)United States of America v. Harvey Allen Hugs </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)State of South Dakota v. Anthony Rome
Defendant and appellant, Anthony Rome, Sr. (Anthony), was found guilty by the trial court of taking a minor child from the custodial parent, in violation of SDCL 22-19-9 and 22-19-10.[*] Anthony was sentenced to five years in the South Dakota Penitentiary, execution of sentence suspended upon his compliance with certain conditions of probation. Anthony appeals. We reverse and remand.<br> <br> Anth... More...
$0 (04-28-1987 - SD)Zvitaliy Strizheus v. The City of Sioux Falls, South Dakota
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 Plaintiffs' ... More...
$0 (07-27-2023 - SD)Oakley Engesser v. Robert Dooley
<br> [¶ 1.] The State appeals the circuit court's grant of Oakley B. Engesser's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. This is Engesser's second petition for a writ of habeas corpus in state court. A jury convicted Engesser of vehicular homicide and two counts of vehicular battery. He was sentenced to twenty-five years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary. His conviction was affirmed on appeal i... More...
$0 (12-23-2008 - SD)United States of America v. Social Security Administration
Sioux Falls, South Dakota social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for disability benefits by HHS.<br> <br> <br> Tanya Svendsen ("petitioner,†"claimantâ€) moved for summary judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 56 and 42 U.S.C. § 405(g), for judgment as a matter of law concerning her denial of Social Secur... More...
$0 (07-14-2022 - SD)TERESA BURGI, INDIVIDUALLY AND TERESA BURGI, AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR K.B. v. EAST WINDS COURT, INC. v. RONALD PASMAN, Third-Party Defendant
<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)JULIE GODBE, DAVID GODBE v. CITY OF RAPID CITY
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Pierre, South Dakota - Personal Injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs and Appellants with suing the City for negligence. </h3></font></b></ i></center></font></center><br> <br> Julie Godbe suffered horrific injuries after her bicycle tire caught in a <br> storm drain grate in Rapid City (City). Julie and her husband David (Godbes) sued <br> Cit... More...
$0 (07-05-2022 - SD)FIRST NATIONAL BANK v. SHARMIN R. INGHRAM, JUSTIN GLEN INGHRAM a.k.a. JUSTIN G. INGHRAM
<center><h3><font color="red"><h3><font color="red"> Pierre, South Dakota - Real Estate lawyer represented defendants and <br> appellants with appealing foreclosure of their real estate and replevin of their business. </h3></font></b></i></center></font></center><br> For summary judgment purposes, we must view the facts most <br> favorably to the Inghrams. These facts show that FNB has a local br... More...
$0 (07-05-2022 - SD)NORTHLAND CAPTIAL v. ROBINSON
<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)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. KEVIN XAVIER DICKERSON STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA, v. ARIANNA CHERELLE REECY
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Pierre, SD - Criminal Defense lawyer represented co-defendants with robbery and burglary and also aggravated assault charges. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> Arianna Reecy worked as an exotic dancer at a bar in Lesterville, <br> South Dakota. In July 2019, Reecy, who went by the name "Kisses,†met Julio <br> Gomez Rojas at... More...
$0 (06-12-2022 - SD)POWERS v. POWERS and PREVAILING WINDS, LLC
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Pierre, SD - Real Estate lawyer represented Defendants and Appellees with interpretation of a right of first refusal. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> In 2003, Jerome and Dennis jointly purchased roughly 630 acres of <br> land in Bon Homme and Charles Mix counties for less than fair market value on a <br> contract for deed from J... More...
$0 (06-11-2022 - SD)McLAEN v. WHITE TOWNSHIP
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Pierre, SD - Appellate lawyer represented Appellants with appealing<br> denial of their requested drainage project. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> Steven McLaen owns agricultural property in White Township within <br> Marshall County, South Dakota. He farms the property with his son Matthew <br> McLaen. In 2014, the McLaens req... More...
$0 (06-10-2022 - SD)JEREMY FLINT v. LYNDSEY FLINT
<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)SPENCER LACROIX v. BRENT FLUKE, Warden, Mike Durfee State Prison
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Pierre, SD - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with a first-degree rape of a child under thirteen years of age charge. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <center><font color="red"><h1>Child Sexual Predator </h1></font></center><br> <br> In 2002, LaCroix lived near Watertown, South Dakota, with his wife <br> and, at that time... More...
$0 (06-10-2022 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. CHRISTOPHER MICHAEL ALEXANDER
<center><font color="red"><h2><fontcolor="red> Pierre, SD - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with a "potentially dangerous animal†charge. </h2></font></b></i></font></center></center><br> <br> Alexander and his girlfriend, Sierra Cundy, lived together with <br> Alexander's mother in Chester, South Dakota, from December 2019 through March <br> 4, 2020. Their next-door neighbor w... More...
$0 (06-10-2022 - SD)Prieor Childers v. Unknown P.D. Officer, SFPD #1, et al.
Sioux Falls, South Dakota pro se Plaintiff, sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> <br> Plaintiff, Prieor Childers, an inmate at the Minnehaha County Jail, filed a pro se civil rights lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Docket 1. Judgment was entered against Childers, and he filed a notice of appeal. Dockets 24, 25. Now, Childers moves to appeal without prepayment of fees and ... More...
$0 (06-07-2022 - SD)JULIE NIEMITALO v. RICHARD SEIDEL
<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's adulter... More...
$0 (04-10-2022 - SD)GANTVOORT v. RANSCHAU
<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 <br> Dakot... More...
$0 (04-10-2022 - SD)TIMOTHY JOHN EVENS v. RACHEL JOANNA EVENS
<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)JAMES W. FARMER v. LORI A. FARMER, N/K/A LORI A. LIEBERMAN
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented defendant seeking a contempt order against plaintiff. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><h2><br> <br> [¶2.] James and Lori married in 1984 and divorced in January 2014. <br> During their marriage, the couple had purchased a significant amount of <br> undeveloped land in the Black Hills and formed multip... More...
$0 (01-28-2022 - SD)AREN FIELD v. MATTHEW FIELD
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented Plaintiff with challenging the circuit court for excluding farmland purchased from the marital estate. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><h2><br> <br> <br> [¶2.] Aren and Matt Field were married in 2001. The two began dating <br> when they were both students at South Dakota State University. Matt later ... More...
$0 (01-28-2022 - SD)JUSTIN D. METZGER v. HOPE M. METZGER
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented Plaintiff ordered to show cause for contempt of court. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><h2><br> <br> In April 2018, Justin filed a divorce action against Hope. The divorce <br> trial was held in January 2019. During trial, the parties informed the circuit court <br> that they had reached a settlement a... More...
$0 (12-31-2021 - SD)AME JO BATCHELDER v. MATTHEW JAMES BATCHELDER
<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)RUSSELL P. CONTI v. KIBBE CONTI
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented defendant challenging the court's valuation of the marital estate. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> In April 2017, Russell Conti brought suit against Kibbe Conti for <br> divorce based on extreme cruelty and adultery or, alternatively, irreconcilable <br> differences. The parties had been marr... More...
$0 (01-27-2022 - SD)MARTY K. SYRSTAD v. MICHAEL J. SYRSTAD
<center><h3><font color="red"><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Divorce lawyer represented Plaintiff accused of alienation of affection and child sex abuse. </h3></font></b></i></center></font><br> <br> In 1993, when Marty was 14 years old, she began dating Michael's son, <br> Jeremy Syrstad, and while the two were dating, she would spend a significant <br> amount of time at the Syrstad home. Ma... More...
$0 (01-27-2022 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. SHAWN MICHAEL SHELTON
<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 Criminal... More...
$0 (04-26-2021 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. JONATHON W. KLINETOBE
<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 ultimat... More...
$0 (04-26-2021 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. MANUEL JESUS FRIAS
<center><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Criminal defense attorney represented Manuel Jesus Frias with a second-degree murder with a depraved mind, first-degree manslaughter with a dangerous weapon, and attempted first-degree robbery charges.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> n February 2018, a grand jury indicted Manuel Jesus Frias (Frias) on <br> twelve counts. The counts relevant to this... More...
$0 (04-26-2021 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. ROBERT SUCHOR
<center><h2><font color="red"> Pierre, SD - Criminal defense attorney represented Robert Suchor with <i> appealing the jury's verdict finding him guilty of three counts of grand theft by misappropriation of funds by a contractor.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> [¶1.] Robert Suchor appeals the jury's verdict finding him guilty of three<br> counts of grand theft by misappropriation of... More...
$0 (01-12-2021 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. JARED STEFFENSEN, TAMI STEFFENSEN, JOANN M. STEFFENSEN
<center><h2><font color="red">Brookings, SD - Criminal defense lawyers represented defendant JARED STEFFENSEN, TAMI STEFFENSEN, JOANN M. STEFFENSEN, charged with <i>twenty-two counts of violation of financial reporting requirements for grain buyers and theft.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> In 2018, the three defendants were jointly indicted in Kingsbury<br> County on twenty-two counts... More...
$0 (11-30-2020 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. DEONDRE DAVIS WILSON
<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)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. CARLOS C. QUEVEDO
<center><h2><font color="red"> Rapid City, SD - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Rodney Dain Doster with <i> claiming his sentence is unconstitutional because it violates categorical limitations placed upon sentences for juveniles and because it is disproportionately harsh.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> Carlos Quevedo spent the evening of January 17, 2017, ingesting cold<br... More...
$0 (11-30-2020 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. JOSEPHINE RAE MCREYNOLDS
<center><h2><font color="red"> Sioux Falls, SD - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Josephine Rae McReynolds with <i>arguing that the circuit court erred by denying her motion for judgment of acquittal and instructing the jury on the legality of the initial encounter between McReynolds and law enforcement. McReynolds also argues that the circuit court violated her confrontation rights... More...
$0 (11-30-2020 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. BRANDON KEITH SNODGRASS
<center><h2><font color="red">Pierre, SD - Sexual contact with a child under age sixteen criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Brandon Snodgrass <i>arguing the indictment against him failed to sufficiently allege the dates, times, and locations of the crimes charged so that he could prepare an adequate defense. Snodgrass also claims that the circuit court abused its discretion in admittin... More...
$0 (11-30-2020 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. KEVIN ALLAN KRUEGER
<center><h2><font color="red">Brookings, SD - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant Kevin Krueger charged with <i>first-degree murder.</h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> <br> [¶2.] Law enforcement officers in Beadle County had been searching<br> unsuccessfully for Keith Houck during late May and early June of 2016, for reasons<br> unrelated to this case. On June 2, 2016, local resid... More...
$0 (11-07-2020 - SD)STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA v. COLE TAYLOR
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...
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