NELSON v. PROMISING FUTURE, INC.

No. 24670.

759 N.W.2d 551 (2008)

2008 SD 130

Secretary of State, Chris NELSON, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. PROMISING FUTURE, INC., and Roger W. Hunt, Defendants and Appellees.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided December 30, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence E. Long, Attorney General, Jeffrey P. Hallem, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, SD, for plaintiff and appellant.

Steven W. Sanford, Shawn M. Nichols of Cadwell, Sanford, Deibert & Garry, LLP, Sioux Falls, SD, for defendants and appellees.


SABERS, Justice.

[¶ 1.] After Promising Future, Inc. (PFI) refused to identify the unnamed third party who gave it $750,000, which in turn was given to South Dakotans for 1215/VoteYesforLife.com (VoteYesforLife), Secretary of State Chris Nelson (Secretary) filed a declaratory judgment action mandating the disclosure of the unnamed third party's identity as required by SDCL 12-25-19.1 and 12-25-13.1. On summary judgment, the circuit court found that Defendants...

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