Court Opinion

ID: 9696055
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 18:34:41.20171+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:18.119335
License: Public Domain

BIEGELMEIER, Chief Justice
(concurring specially).
I concur in this opinion excepting the inclusion of the dicta hereafter noted.
Justice Winans’ opinion correctly states our House of Seagram v. Assam Drug Co., 83 S.D. 320, 159 N.W.2d 210, holds that this court does not pass on constitutional questions if the merits of the case may otherwise be decided. Following this is a statement of our guideline for declaring a statute unconstitutional, citing Application of Nelson, 83 S.D. 611, 163 N.W.2d 533, *135and a quotation from the Minnesota Supreme Court decision, Head v. Special School District No. 1, 288 Minn. 496, 182 N.W.2d 887.
While this shows research on the part of the author on this subject, admittedly the authorities are dicta.