Legal Opinion
City of Rapid City v. Boland
South Dakota Supreme Court
Decided October 26, 1978No. 12095PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZASTROW, Justice.
During the late evening hours of June 9 and the early morning hours of June 10, 1972, a large portion of Rapid City, South Dakota, was inundated by the flood waters of Rapid Creek. In terms of lives lost (over 250) and property destroyed (over 1500 residential and business structures were affected), the flood was one of the greatest disasters in the United States in the twentieth century.
The Governor immediately declared the Rapid City area a disaster beyond local control under the authority of SDCL 33-15-8 and SDCL 33-15-18. Because of the catastrophic nature of the flood,…
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