Glen A. Severson

Glen A. Severson (born March 9, 1949) is a former justice of the South Dakota Supreme Court.

Early life and education

He received a Bachelor of Science from the University of South Dakota in 1972, and graduated from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1975. He did not take the bar exam as he was admitted to the South Dakota bar under diploma privilege.[1]

Career

In 1993 he was appointed to the trial bench in South Dakota, serving as a circuit judge for the second circuit. Governor Mike Rounds appointed him to the Supreme Court in 2009, and in 2012 the voters retained him for a full eight-year term.[2] In 2017, Severson found that the U.S. Constitution's Dormant Commerce Clause did not allow the state to collect sales tax from out-of-state retailers.[3] In South Dakota v. Wayfair, Inc. (2018), the Supreme Court of the United States vacated that judgment by a vote of 5–4.[4] Severson retired from active service in June 2018.[5]

References

  1. ^ South Dakota Codified Laws. West. pp. SD Sup Ct Rule 3 (1973), SDCL 16-16-6.1 (1983 Supp) (amended by 1983 SD Sess Laws ch 398 (Supreme Court Rule 82-25), repealed by 1987 SD Sess Laws ch 406 (Supreme Court Rule 86-32)).
  2. ^ "Biography". Retrieved September 4, 2013.
  3. ^ Note, Recent Case: South Dakota Supreme Court Holds Unconstitutional State Law Requiring Internet Retailers Without In-State Physical Presence to Remit Sales Tax, 131 Harv. L. Rev. 2089 (2018).
  4. ^ Note, The Supreme Court, 2017 Term — Leading Cases, 132 Harv. L. Rev. 277 (2018).
  5. ^ Hult, John (2017-12-19). "Justice Severson to retire from South Dakota Supreme Court". Argus Leader. Retrieved 2018-07-22.


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