No costs shall be allowed for printing in the brief matters clearly unrelated to any issue raised by the appeal.

Costs may be taxed in the Supreme Court in favor of appellee and against appellant for the expense of printing in appellee’s brief matters which are clearly material to the issues and omitted by the appellant from his brief.

Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 15-26A-72

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.

Source: SDC 1939, § 33.0743; Supreme Court Rule, Order No. 2, 1952; SDCL, § 15-29-29; Supreme Court Rule 80-2.