South Dakota Supreme Court

South Dakota Supreme Court

The South Dakota Supreme Court is the highest court in the state of South Dakota. It is composed of a chief justice and four associate justices appointed by governor and selected from five different appointment districts. Justices face a nonpolitical retention election three years after appointment and every eight years after that. The justices also select their own chief justice. The Supreme Court of South Dakota serves as the final appellate court in the state, reviewing the decisions of state circuit courts. The Supreme Court is also authorized to issue original or remedial writs and provide advice to the governor regarding the scope of executive powers, then six in 1884, and eight in 1888.

In 1889, the Dakota Territory was split into North Dakota and South Dakota, and the Territorial Supreme Court was formally dissolved by President Benjamin Harrison. An election was held in South Dakota to select the first state supreme court. Justices Dighton Corson, Alphonso G. Kellam, and John E. Bennett were elected and sworn-in October 15, 1889. Since there was no capitol building yet for the new state, the oath-taking ceremony took place on the Hughes County courthouse veranda. The court was forced to use the county courthouse until 1891 when they began holding court in the state legislature's senate chambers. The South Dakota Supreme Court did not receive their own chambers until the autumn of 1905.

Supreme Court Justices

"Includes justices of the Dakota Territorial Supreme Court."
*Philemon Bliss chief justice 1861
*George P. Williston 1861
*Joseph L. Williams 1861
*Ara Bartlett 1864
*Ara Bartlett chief justice 1865
*William E. Gleason 1865
*Jefferson P. Kidder 1865
*John W. Boyle 1867
*Wilmot Brookings 1869
*George W. French chief justice 1869
*Alanson H. Barnes 1873
*Peter C. Shannon chief justice 1874
*Granville G. Bennett 1875
*Gideon C. Moody 1878
*Jefferson P. Kidder 1879
*Sanford A. Hudson 1881
*Alonzo J. Edgerton chief justice 1882
*William E. Church 1883
*Cornelius S. Palmer 1884
*Seward Smith 1884
*Louis K. Church 1886
*Bartlett Tripp chief justice 1886
*William F. Francis 1886
*William B. McConnell 1886
*John E. Carland 1888
*Frank R. Aikens 1889
*Roderick Rose 1888
*Charles M. Thomas 1888
*James Spencer 1888
*Charles F. Templeton 1889
*Louis W. Crofoot 1889
*Dighton Corson 1889
*Alphonso G. Kellam 1889
*John E. Bennett 1889
*Howard G. Puller 1894
*Charles S. Whiting 1908
*James H. McCoy 1909
*Samuel C. Polley 1913
*John Howard Gates 1913
*Frank Anderson 1921
*Carl G. Sherwood 1922
*Charles H. Dillon 1923
*Newton D. Burch 1926
*Frederick A. Warren 1931
*Herbert B. Rudolph 1931
*St. Clair Smith 1937
*Charles R. Hayes 1947
*Boyd Leedom 1951
*Charles S. Hanson 1956
*Alex Rentto 1955
*Frank Biegelmeier chief justice 1959
*Fred J. Homeyer 1962
*Roger L. Wollman chief justice 1971
*James M. Doyle 1971
*Fred R. Winans 1971
*Francis G. Dunn chief justice 1973
*Oren P. Coler 1974
*Robert E. Morgan 1976
*Laurence J. Zastrow 1976
*Donald J. Porter 1977
*Jon Fosheim chief justice 1978
*Frank E. Henderson 1979
*George W. Wuest chief justice 1984
*Richard W. Sabers 1986
*Robert A. Miller chief justice 1986
*John K. Konenkamp 1994
*David Gilbertson chief justice 1995
*Steven L. Zinter 2002
*Judith Meierhenry 2002

External links

* [http://www.sdjudicial.com/ South Dakota Judicial System Online]


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