South Dakota Statutes

§ 16-18-14 — Attorney's duty to respect reputation of parties and witnesses.

South Dakota § 16-18-14
JurisdictionSouth Dakota
Title 16COURTS AND JUDICIARY
Ch. 16POWERS AND DUTIES OF ATTORNEYS

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S.D. Codified Laws § 16-18-14 (2026).

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It is the duty of an attorney and counselor at law to abstain from all offensive personalities and to advance no fact prejudicial to the honor or reputation of a party or witness unless required by the justice of the cause with which he is charged.

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In Re Discipline of Laprath
2003 SD 114 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2003)
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In Re the Discipline of Eicher
2003 SD 40 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2003)
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In Re the Discipline of Tornow
2013 SD 61 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2013)
3 case citations

Legislative History

PolC 1877, ch 18, § 4, subdiv 5; CL 1887, § 465, subdiv 5; RPolC 1903, § 697, subdiv 5; RC 1919, § 5262 (5); Supreme Court Rule 13, 1939; SDC 1939 & Supp 1960, § 32.1201 (5).

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