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Loren Beck and John and Jane Doe 1-50 Plaintiffs and Appellees, v. City of Rapid City Defendant and Appellant. [2002 SD 104] South Dakota Supreme Court Appeal from the Circuit Court of The Seventh Judicial Circuit Pennington County, South Dakota Hon. Jeff W. Davis, Judge Courtney R. Clayborne of Johnson, Eisland, Huffman & Clayborne Rapid City, South Dakota Attorneys for plaintiff and appellees. Adam Altman Assistant City Attorney Rapid City, South Dakota Attorneys for defendant and appellant. Argued on April 24, 2002 Opinion Filed 8/14/2002 #21960 AMUNDSON, Justice [¶1.] Loren Beck and John and Jane Doe 1-50 (Beck), Plaintiff/Appellee, moved the circuit court for class certification in a class action suit brought against the City of Rapid City (City), Defendant/Appellant. The circuit court granted certification of the class. City appeals. We remand for reexamination by the circuit court. FACTS [¶2.] A lawsuit by Beck against City stemmed from our decision in City of Rapid City v. Anderson, 2000 SD 77, 612 NW2d 289. In that case we determined that the annexation of property encompassing

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