The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is a United States federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States district courts:
The United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:
The United States District Court for the District of South Dakota is the United States District Court or the Federal district court,whose jurisdiction for issues pertaining to federal law or diversity for the state of South Dakota. The court is based in Sioux Falls with other courthouses in Rapid City,Pierre,and Aberdeen. The district was created in 1889,when the Dakota Territory was divided into North and South Dakota.
Harvey Lowell Wollman was an American politician who served as the 26th Governor of South Dakota from 1978 to 1979. He was the first Lieutenant Governor in the history of South Dakota to succeed to the governorship. To date,he is also the most recent Democrat to have held the office of South Dakota's governor.
James Burton Loken is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit since 1990.
The University of South Dakota School of Law also known as University of South Dakota Knudson School of Law or USD Law in Vermillion,South Dakota,United States,is a professional school of the University of South Dakota and the only law school in the state of South Dakota. Established in 1901,by U.S. Ambassador Bartlett Tripp and U.S. Senator Thomas Sterling. The law school is home to approximately 168 students and has more than 3,000 alumni. With 168 J.D. candidates,it is currently the second-smallest law school and smallest public law school student population among the American Bar Association accredited law schools.
William Byrd Traxler Jr. is an American jurist who currently serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.
Karen Elizabeth Schreier is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota and was the 36th United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota.
Richard Howard Battey was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
John Bailey Jones was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
Fred Joseph Nichol was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
Donald James Porter was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
George Theodore Mickelson was an American lawyer,16th Attorney General of South Dakota and 18th Governor of South Dakota,and a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota. He is the patriarch of the prominent Mickelson family of South Dakota.
Roberto Antonio Lange is the Chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of South Dakota.
William Curtis Bryson is a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. He also served a 7-year term as a judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review,until 2018,and on September 1,2013,became the presiding judge of that court.
Jane Louise Kelly is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
Jerod Elton Tufte is an American lawyer and jurist who has served as a justice of the North Dakota Supreme Court since 2017. He previously served as state's attorney for Kidder County,counsel for Governor Jack Dalrymple,and district judge.
Ronald A. Parsons Jr. is an American attorney who served as the United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota from 2018 to 2021.
Mark E. Salter is an American attorney,veteran,and current Associate Justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court,appointed by Governor Dennis Daugaard in 2018. He became the 51st member of the court.
Jonathan Allen Kobes is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
