First National Bank of Ft. Pierre v. South Dakota State Banking Commission

[¶ 24.] I agree with the majority to affirm the Commission because of our standard of review and the weight we give to the Commission’s determinations. The statute requires that we “give great weight to the findings made and inferences drawn by an agency on questions of fact.” SDCL 1-26-36. Here, the intervenor challenges the Commission’s findings as to “need in the community” and “ability of the community to support the proposed bank.” Majority opinion, ¶ 12. In order to reverse, we have to conclude that the Commission’s findings on those factors were “clearly erroneous in light of the…