Butte County, South Dakota (Judicial)

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Butte County is one of eight counties located within the Fourth Judicial Circuit in South Dakota. The people of Butte County are served by a circuit court and a magistrate court.

The United States District Court for the District of South Dakota has jurisdiction in Butte County. Appeals from the federal district court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit.[1]

Courts[edit]

Butte County, South Dakota

Circuit court[edit]

South Dakota Fourth Judicial Circuit

  • Mike Day (Presiding judge)
  • Michelle K. Percy
  • Eric Strawn
  • Gordon Swanson[2]

  1. ↑ South Dakota Unified Judicial System, "Circuit court," accessed May 13, 2014
  2. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named judges


Magistrate court[edit]

South Dakota Fourth Judicial Circuit

  • Francy Foral[1]

  1. ↑ South Dakota Unified Judicial System, "Fourth Circuit judges and administration," accessed May 17, 2014


See also[edit]

  • South Dakota counties

External links[edit]

  • South Dakota Unified Judicial System, "Fourth Circuit judges and administration," accessed May 13, 2014

Footnotes[edit]

v • e
South Dakota counties
Aurora • Beadle • Bennett • Bon Homme • Brookings • Brown • Brule • Buffalo • Butte • Campbell • Charles Mix • Clark • Clay • Codington • Corson • Custer • Davison • Day • Deuel • Dewey • Douglas • Edmunds • Fall River • Faulk • Grant • Gregory • Haakon • Hamlin • Hand • Hanson • Harding • Hughes • Hutchinson • Hyde • Jackson • Jerauld • Jones • Kingsbury • Lake • Lawrence • Lincoln • Lyman • Marshall • McCook • McPherson • Meade • Mellette • Miner • Minnehaha • Moody • Pennington • Perkins • Potter • Roberts • Sanborn • Shannon • Spink • Stanley • Sully • Todd • Tripp • Turner • Union • Walworth • Yankton • Ziebach

South Dakota courts

Federal courts:

Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: District of South Dakota • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: District of South Dakota

State courts:

South Dakota Supreme Court • South Dakota Circuit Courts • South Dakota Magistrate Courts

State resources:

Courts in South Dakota • South Dakota judicial elections • Judicial selection in South Dakota

Elections[edit]

See also: South Dakota judicial elections

South Dakota is one of 43 states that hold elections for judicial positions. To learn more about judicial selection in South Dakota, click here.

  • South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2025
  • South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2024
  • South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2023
  • South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2022
  • South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2021
  • South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2020
  • South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2019
  • South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2018
  • South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2017
  • South Dakota local trial court judicial elections, 2016
  • South Dakota judicial elections, 2014
  • South Dakota judicial elections, 2012
  • South Dakota judicial elections, 2010

Election rules[edit]

Primary election[edit]

If more than two candidates are running for a circuit court seat, they compete in the primary election. The two candidates who receive the most votes advance to the general election.[1]


  1. ↑ South Dakota Legislature, "Chapter 12-9, Section 8" 2013

Categories: [South Dakota counties (judicial)]

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