South Dakota Codified Laws 37-1-14.2. Actions on behalf of state for equitable relief and civil penalties–Amount of penalty
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The attorney general, or a state’s attorney with the permission or at the request of the attorney general, may bring an action for appropriate injunctive or other equitable relief and civil penalties in the name of the state for a violation of this chapter. The court may assess for the benefit of the state a civil penalty of not more than fifty thousand dollars for each violation of this chapter.
Terms Used In South Dakota Codified Laws 37-1-14.2
- Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. Source: U.S. Courts
Source: SL 1977, ch 305, § 9.