SD. AFL-CIO v. JACKLEY

No. 25642.

786 N.W.2d 372 (2010)

2010 SD 62

SOUTH DAKOTA STATE FEDERATION OF LABOR AFL-CIO, Applicant and Appellant, v. Marty JACKLEY, South Dakota Attorney General, Respondent and Appellee, and Chris Nelson, Secretary of State, Respondent.

Supreme Court of South Dakota.

Decided July 21, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven D. Sandven, Attorney at Law, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Attorney for applicant and appellant.

Marty J. Jackley, Attorney General, Patricia Archer, Assistant Attorney General, Pierre, South Dakota, Attorneys for respondent and appellee.


GILBERTSON, Chief Justice.

[¶ 1.] The narrow issue on appeal is whether the Attorney General's ballot explanation of proposed Constitutional Amendment K complies with the requirements of SDCL 12-13-9. The trial court upheld the ballot explanation and denied South Dakota State Federation of Labor AFL-CIO's (AFL-CIO) request for a writ of certiorari. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] Pursuant to Article XXIII, § 1 of the South Dakota Constitution...

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