Breck v. Janklow

GILBERTSON, Justice.

[¶ 1.] Betty E. Breck appeals a judgment dismissing various claims challenging the sale of the South Dakota State Cement Plant. We affirm.

FACTS

[¶ 2.] Since the early 1920s, the State of South Dakota has owned and operated its own cement plant in the Rapid City, South Dakota area. The State’s ownership of a normally private commercial enterprise can be attributed to the lack of an in-state cement producer in the early-1900s and the monopolistic prices being charged for the product during the post-World War I era of heavy infrastructure development. See Reeves, Inc. v.…