South Dakota Statutes
§ 16-18-14 — Attorney's duty to respect reputation of parties and witnesses.
South Dakota § 16-18-14
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Bluebook
S.D. Codified Laws § 16-18-14 (2026).
Text
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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Related
In Re Discipline of Laprath
2003 SD 114 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2003)
In Re the Discipline of Eicher
2003 SD 40 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2003)
In Re the Discipline of Tornow
2013 SD 61 (South Dakota Supreme Court, 2013)
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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§ 16-1-1
Supreme Court districts.§ 16-1-2.2
Form of retention ballot.§ 16-1-3
§ 16-1-3§ 16-1-4
Repealed§ 16-1-9
Term of Supreme Court--Places.§ 16-10-1
Repealed§ 16-10-2.1
, 16-10-2.2§ 16-10-3
Repealed§ 16-10-5
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Bluebook (online)
South Dakota § 16-18-14, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/sd/16-18-14.