The Department of Labor and Regulation is a party to any judicial action involving any department decision, and may, if it so elects, become involved in the appeal and be represented by any qualified attorney who has been designated by the department with the approval of the attorney general for that purpose, or at the secretary's request, by the attorney general.
S.D. Codified Laws § 61-7-13
Department as party to judicial action--Representation of department in appeal
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case In Re the Appeal & Hearing From the Final Decision of the South Dakota Department of Labor, Unemployment Insurance Division, for Yaroch (1983)
Most recently applied in Littler v. South Dakota Department of Labor (July 1988)
Source: SL 1936 (SS), ch 3, § 6 (h); SDC 1939, § 17.0838; SL 1939, ch 84, § 8; SL 1984, ch 339, § 4; SL 1989, ch 450, § 2; SL 2011, ch 1 (Ex
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