Baer, 383 U.S. 75, 88, 86 S.Ct. 669, 677, 15 L.Ed.2d 597, 606 (1966); Bufalino v. Detroit Magazine, Inc., 433 Mich. 766, 449 N.W.2d 410, 413 (1989). Additionally, a court may find that a person loses the status of an ordinary citizen and becomes a limited public figure for the purpose of the action in which the controversy arose. Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc. 418 U.S. 323, 351, 94 S.Ct. 2997, 3013, 41 L.Ed.2d 789, 812 (1974). In Gertz, the Court held that an individual who voluntarily injects himself or is drawn into a particular public controversy may become a public figure for a limited range of issues. Id. We have previously determined that WEB was not a public corporation for purposes of applying SDCL 5-19-3. Dahme Constr. Co. v. WEB Water Dev. Ass’n, 438 N.W.2d 550, 553 (S.D.1989) (<HOLDING>). However, that finding is not determinative of
holding that web is not subject to public control sufficient to require application of south dakotas preference in public contract statute holding that public meeting did not satisfy public participation requirement because public did not receive adequate notice holding it essential to the constitutionality of a mill act that the statute should require the use to be public in fact in other words that it should contain provisions entitling the public to accommodations holding that a childabuse report is not a public record and therefore is not subject to public inspection recognizing that public utilities affect the public interest in that they render essential public services to a large number of the general public