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In a unanimous ruling, the justices decided that Lincoln County residents don’t have the right to force the state to adhere to local zoning ordinances.
The 18-page opinion affirmed a lower court's dismissal of NOPE's lawsuit against the Department of Corrections regarding the applicability of local zoning ordinances.
Abortion rights activists are protesting in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC on June 24, 2024. The South Dakota Supreme Court overturned a lower court's dismissal of a lawsuit aimed ...
FILE - Justices of the South Dakota Supreme Court listen to Gov. Kristi Noem's State of the State address on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024, in the House of Representatives at the state Capitol in Pierre, S.D.
In a court order Thursday, U.S. District Judge Lawrence Piersol kept jurisdiction over an action brought by Courthouse News while the South Dakota courts put in place a system that gives public access ...