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Code · South Dakota · Title 15 · Chapter 15-26

15-26A-89. When member of court absent.

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Whenever any member of the court is not present at the oral argument of a case, such case shall be deemed submitted to such member of the court on the record, briefs, and recorded arguments. When during the consideration of a case there is a change in the personnel of the court, the case shall be deemed submitted to the members of the court sitting on the case when the case was placed on the court's calendar.
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