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value | title stringlengths 4 172 | text stringlengths 2 173k | source stringlengths 36 38 | license stringclasses 1
value | retrieved_at timestamp[s]date 2026-06-30 00:00:00 2026-06-30 00:00:00 | citation stringclasses 1
value | court stringclasses 1
value | date timestamp[s]date 1890-03-01 00:00:00 2026-06-24 00:00:00 | extra dict |
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9e9f54bd771e9095 | opinion | sd | State v. Cowley |
PER CURIAM.
Defendant appeals from his conviction and sentence for possessing more than ten pounds of marijuana. SDCL 22-42-6. We affirm.
Defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges against him. In the course of this prosecution defendant made a motion to suppress. The motion to suppress was made ... | cl-bulk://2026-06-30/opinions/2070842 | public-domain-edict-of-government | 2026-06-30T00:00:00 | sd-sd | 1987-07-01T00:00:00 | {
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30ac1dd483fda1a9 | opinion | sd | State v. HAMIDO |
694 N.W.2d 721 (2004)
STATE v. HAMIDO.
No. 23149.
Supreme Court of South Dakota.
November 22, 2004.
Affirmed (GPK).
| cl-bulk://2026-06-30/opinions/2071224 | public-domain-edict-of-government | 2026-06-30T00:00:00 | sd-sd | 2004-11-22T00:00:00 | {
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e838f7f48e37c7be | opinion | sd | Hoffman v. Bob Law, Inc. | #27748-aff in pt & rev in part-SLZ
2016 S.D. 94
IN THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA
****
KENNETH HOFFMAN, Plaintiff and Appellee,
v.
BOB LA... | cl-bulk://2026-06-30/opinions/4107484 | public-domain-edict-of-government | 2026-06-30T00:00:00 | sd-sd | 2016-12-14T00:00:00 | {
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681e2b5dff0e412d | opinion | sd | Hento v. Melmer |
SICKEL, J.
This is an action brought to recover on a check for $2,300.00 given by defendant for the purchase of a used truck. Judgment was entered dismissing the action on the merits and plaintiffs appealed.
On January 21, 1948, defendant took possession of the vehicle and delivered the check to p... | cl-bulk://2026-06-30/opinions/2074168 | public-domain-edict-of-government | 2026-06-30T00:00:00 | sd-sd | 1950-10-03T00:00:00 | {
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} | |
f41f2e8df9fafd85 | opinion | sd | State v. Matthews |
SABERS, Justice
(dissenting).
Circuit Court Judge Heege was acting in magistrate court capacity when he signed the “Magistrate Division 'Judgments.” In fact, he signed them as “Magistrate Judge.” Therefore, Circuit Court Judge Hurd erred in refusing the appeal and we should reverse and remand.
The circuit co... | cl-bulk://2026-06-30/opinions/7880415 | public-domain-edict-of-government | 2026-06-30T00:00:00 | sd-sd | 1993-08-25T00:00:00 | {
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"cluster_id": "7930246",
"opinion_type": "040dissent",
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"source_label": "courtlistener"
} | |
f67eded32cc9030b | opinion | sd | State v. Hofman |
SABERS, Justice
[¶ 1.] Mario Hofman appeals his conviction for first-degree murder of his brother. He claims 1) the trial court should have suppressed the second statement he made to police as involuntary and coerced since the court suppressed his first statement, made hours earlier in the presence of the same pol... | cl-bulk://2026-06-30/opinions/7881349 | public-domain-edict-of-government | 2026-06-30T00:00:00 | sd-sd | 1997-05-07T00:00:00 | {
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"cluster_id": "7931082",
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"text_kind": "html_with_citations",
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} | |
b7bfde6666edf25c | opinion | sd | In re the Abuse and Neglect of C.W. |
PER CURIAM.
[¶ 1] Mother appeals from a trial court’s order awarding custody of C.W. to Father. We affirm.
FACTS
[¶ 2] Mother has three children, A.W., born October 28, 1987; B.W., bom December 10, 1989; and C.W., bom November 20, 1991. C.W. was bom three and one-half months prematurely and has physical and me... | cl-bulk://2026-06-30/opinions/7881350 | public-domain-edict-of-government | 2026-06-30T00:00:00 | sd-sd | 1997-05-14T00:00:00 | {
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"cluster_id": "7931083",
"opinion_type": "020lead",
"text_kind": "html_with_citations",
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} | |
471f2f56b4fb0577 | opinion | sd | Feld v. First National Bank in Sioux Falls |
PER CURIAM.
Fred Feld appeals a judgment dismissing his complaint against First National Bank in Sioux Falls and Todd J. Bernhard. We affirm.
FACTS
In 1976, the South Dakota Health and Educational Facilities Authority issued revenue bonds in order to finance construction of new hospital facilities for Sioux Va... | cl-bulk://2026-06-30/opinions/7880674 | public-domain-edict-of-government | 2026-06-30T00:00:00 | sd-sd | 1994-07-20T00:00:00 | {
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} | |
123f9c5a0cc1c2d3 | opinion | sd | People ex rel. W.Y.B. |
HENDERSON, Justice
(concurring).
Additional facts: Victim had recently moved to the Martin, South Dakota area and began attending the school in the fall of 1992. Victim did not know W.Y.B., the appellant. Within one week of victim starting in this school, W.Y.B. began initiating contact upon her body. He would f... | cl-bulk://2026-06-30/opinions/7880572 | public-domain-edict-of-government | 2026-06-30T00:00:00 | sd-sd | 1994-04-27T00:00:00 | {
"cl_opinion_id": "7880572",
"cluster_id": "7930384",
"opinion_type": "030concurrence",
"text_kind": "html_with_citations",
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} | |
763258eaea692a0f | opinion | sd | People ex rel. W.Y.B. |
AMUNDSON, Justice
(concurring in part and dissenting in part).
The trial court issued and filed the following short and concise findings of fact after the adjudicatory hearing:
3. That W.Y.B. committed two acts of sexual contact in Bennett County, the first between September and October, 1992, inclusive, and t... | cl-bulk://2026-06-30/opinions/7880573 | public-domain-edict-of-government | 2026-06-30T00:00:00 | sd-sd | 1994-04-27T00:00:00 | {
"cl_opinion_id": "7880573",
"cluster_id": "7930384",
"opinion_type": "035concurrenceinpart",
"text_kind": "html_with_citations",
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} | |
54311a6aeaa8d7b1 | opinion | sd | Vironment, Inc. v. Light |
AMUNDSON, Justice.
[¶ 1.] This is a companion case to Yankton Ethanol v. Vironment, #20558, the cases involve identical facts and two identical issues:
1. Whether the court erred in dismissing plaintiffs complaint as barred by the period of limitation set forth in 11 USCS 546(a)(1)(A).
2. Whether the court err... | cl-bulk://2026-06-30/opinions/7881645 | public-domain-edict-of-government | 2026-06-30T00:00:00 | sd-sd | 1999-04-07T00:00:00 | {
"cl_opinion_id": "7881645",
"cluster_id": "7931350",
"opinion_type": "020lead",
"text_kind": "html_with_citations",
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} | |
e7572ac1e3008f6a | opinion | sd | Wilson v. Hogan |
473 N.W.2d 492 (1991)
Dawn F. WILSON, Individually and as Special Administrator of the Estate of John D. Wilson, Plaintiff,
v.
Edward HOGAN, Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff
v.
CITY OF RAPID CITY, and State of South Dakota, Third Party Defendants.
No. 17369.
Supreme Court of South Dakota.
... | cl-bulk://2026-06-30/opinions/2218008 | public-domain-edict-of-government | 2026-06-30T00:00:00 | sd-sd | 1991-07-24T00:00:00 | {
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} | |
9c4f5d36d0b752cd | opinion | sd | Stockwell v. McCook County Board of Commissioners | #30287-r-MES
2024 S.D. 2
IN THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE
STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA
****
BERNARD STOCKWELL, Plaintiff and Appellant,
v.
MCCOOK COUNTY BOARD OF
CO... | cl-bulk://2026-06-30/opinions/9917095 | public-domain-edict-of-government | 2026-06-30T00:00:00 | sd-sd | 2024-01-10T00:00:00 | {
"cl_opinion_id": "9917095",
"cluster_id": "9459270",
"opinion_type": "010combined",
"text_kind": "plain_text",
"source_label": "courtlistener"
} | |
926ab5cd6d56f842 | opinion | sd | Watkins v. Class |
566 N.W.2d 431 (1997)
1997 SD 76
Chip A. WATKINS, Applicant and Appellant,
v.
Joseph CLASS, Warden of the South Dakota State Penitentiary, Appellee.
No. 19759.
Supreme Court of South Dakota.
Considered on Briefs March 26, 1997.
Decided June 25, 1997.
*432 Thomas J. Penisten, Sioux... | cl-bulk://2026-06-30/opinions/900164 | public-domain-edict-of-government | 2026-06-30T00:00:00 | sd-sd | 1997-06-25T00:00:00 | {
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} | |
49d9e7270e4cc020 | opinion | sd | Myers v. Quenzer |
RENTTO, J.
The plaintiffs in these automobile collision eases are husband and wife. In his action Mr. Myers seeks recovery for injuries to his person and the car. Mrs. Myers claims damages for injuries to her person. The cases were consolidated for trial. At the conclusion of such proceedings, during whi... | cl-bulk://2026-06-30/opinions/2079920 | public-domain-edict-of-government | 2026-06-30T00:00:00 | sd-sd | 1961-10-05T00:00:00 | {
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} |
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South Dakota Case Law
Code & tools: github.com/docketx — legal-scrambler pseudonymises a case file on your own hardware before a frontier model sees it; claude-for-legal is the Claude Code plugin (
docketx-open-law) that loads these datasets and checks citations against them.
Full text of 25,593 South Dakota appellate opinion documents from the public record, sliced from the Free Law Project / CourtListener bulk export of 2026-06-30.
Court coverage (1 court ids, explicit allowlist — never prefix-matched):
sd.
Lead opinions and separate opinions; documents under 1 characters excluded.
Slice sha256 7a175fea94ee27bfb52aa8b32b3596121339f5f08e98314641b76568a8b80c23 (also in slice.manifest.json).
Composition
Measured on this exact slice: 21,903 documents (85.6%) carry 2,000+
characters of text, 2,815 (11.0%) carry 200-1,999, and 875
(3.4%) are under 200 characters. The short ones are real records, not errors: certiorari
denials, one-line orders, and judgment entries. They are kept deliberately (min_chars = 1)
so this is the complete public record rather than a filtered subset. Filter on len(text) if you want
only substantive opinions.
Format
Rows follow docketx record v1 (one opinion per line): id, doc_type, jurisdiction, title,
text, source, license, retrieved_at, plus citation, court, date, and extra
(CourtListener opinion/cluster ids, opinion type). The same format is used across every
docketx dataset.
Provenance and license
Judicial opinions are edicts of government: uncopyrightable works of the public domain (Banks v. Manchester, 128 U.S. 244 (1888); Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 590 U.S. 255 (2020)). This packaging is released under CC0 1.0. Source: CourtListener bulk export (2026-06-30), Free Law Project — https://free.law. This dataset redistributes public-domain court text; it adds no annotation and asserts no rights.
Load it
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("docketx/us-caselaw-sd")
Part of the DocketRouter legal corpora: https://huggingface.co/docketx
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