The writ of prohibition is the counterpart of the writ of mandamus. It arrests the proceedings, administrative or judicial, of any tribunal, corporation, board, or person, when such proceedings are without or in excess of the jurisdiction of such tribunal, corporation, board, or person, or are without or in excess of the powers of authority conferred by law upon such tribunal, corporation, board, or person.
S.D. Codified Laws § 21-30-1
Counterpart of mandamus--Purposes for which writ used
Applied in 11 court decisions — leading case Cummings v. Mickelson (1993)
Most recently applied in Rapid City Journal v. Callahan (June 2022)
Source: CCivP 1877, § 708; CL 1887, § 5530; RCCivP 1903, § 777; RC 1919, § 3019; SL 1921, ch 424; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 37.4401.
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.