IOWA SUPREME COURT CASES IN THE PIPELINE

2021-2022 TERM

OPINIONS ISSUED

Case No.	*Case Name*	Brief	Supreme Court Opinion
20-0076	In re Marriage of Hutchinson	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0280	State of Iowa v. Jordan McKim Crawford	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1595	State of Iowa v. Earnest Jones Hunt, Jr.	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1037	Estate of Susan Farrell, et al. v. State of Iowa, et al.	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1582	Rausch v. City of Marion	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-2075	State of Iowa v. Mark Bernard Retterath	Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0257	State of Iowa v. Korki Ricoh Wilbourn	Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0814	Union Pac. R.R. Co. et al. v. Drainage Dist. 67 Bd. of Trustees, et al.	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0227	Rand v. Security Nat’l Corp.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
21-0953	Little v. Davis, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0195	Danielle Putman v. Walther & Walther	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Application Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0479	ACC Holdings, LLC v. Todd Rooney	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0623	Jesse’s Embers, LLC v. Western Agric. Ins. Co.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0374	Wakonda Club v. Selective Ins. Co. of America	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1568	State of Iowa v. Brent Alan Hauge	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1228	Struck v. Mercy Health Services-Iowa Corp. a/k/a Mercy Medical Center-Sioux City, et al.	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Dean, Okine, Middleton Appellee Brief Mercy Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1124	Estate of Berry v. Grossman, et al.	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1857	State of Iowa v. Kha Len Richard Price-Williams	Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0618	Kim Schmett & Leanne Pellett v. State Objections Panel and Abby for Iowa	State Objections Panel Appellant Brief Abby for Iowa Intervenor Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0950	State of Iowa v. Caesar Charles Davison	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0324	In re the Interest of Z.K., Minor Child	Court of Appeals Opinion	Opinion
20-0484	Vroegh v. Iowa Dep’t of Corections, et al., and Wellmark, Inc.	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief Cross-Appellee Wellmark Brief	Opinion
20-1686	State of Iowa v. Tiffany Sue McCalley	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0144	State of Iowa v. Peter Leroy Veal	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
21-0158	State of Iowa v. Antoine Tyree Williams	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0760	Deng v. Farmland Foods, Inc., et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief IA Fed of Labor Amicus Curiae Brief LULAC Amicus Curiae Brief Workers’ Comp Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
21-0777	Chavez v. MS Technology LLC, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief IA Federation of Labor Amicus Curiae Brief LULAC IA Amicus Curiae Brief Workers’ Comp Core Group Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
19-1981	State of Iowa v. Annette Dee Cahill	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1052	State of Iowa v. Patrick Bracy	Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1506	State of Iowa v. Randy Allen Crawford	Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0090	In re the Marriage of Pazhoor	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0156	State of Iowa v. Shane Michael Davis	Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0464	State of Iowa v. Justice Mathis	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0879	Carlson v. Second Succession, LLC, et al.	Application for Further Review Second Succession Resistance to Further Review Jones Resistance to Further Review Appellant Brief Second Succession Brief Jones Brief	Opinion
21-0243	In the Interest of T.F. and T.F., Minor Children	Court of Appeals Opinion	Opinion
19-1228	State of Iowa v. Dantreon Levon Newman	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1983	Mengwasser v. Comito, et al.	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0817	Goche v. WMG, L.C.	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief	Opinion
20-0192	State of Iowa v. Kevin Jon Thoren	Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1571	State of Iowa v. Timothy Michael Basquin	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1300	State of Iowa v. Myranda Marie Rincon	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1393	State of Iowa v. Yale Stevens	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1423	State of Iowa v. Brianna Sue Watson	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1510	Riley Drive Entertainment I, Inc., et al. v. Reynolds, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0569	In the Interest of L.B., Minor Child	Court of Appeals Opinion	Opinion
20-0630	State of Iowa v. Randall Lee Hurlburt	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0617	State of Iowa v. Kenneth Lee Lilly	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief NAACP Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
20-1530	State of Iowa v. Veil Jacoby Jackson-Douglass	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1878	State of Iowa v. Kurt Allen Kraai	Application for Further Review – IA Courts of Appeal Decision Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0401	State of Iowa v. Hollis Bear	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief US Amicus Curiae Brief Sac & Fox Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
20-0409	State of Iowa v. Christopher Lee Cungtion, Jr.	Appellant Brief Appellant Supplemental Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief US Amicus Curiae Brief Sac & Fox Tribe Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
20-1244	State of Iowa v. George Davis	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1616	State of Iowa v. Kourtney Shontez Hall	Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-2137	McGrew v. Otoadese	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1000	State of Iowa v. Kelvin Plain, Sr.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
20-0371	State of Iowa v. Edna Jean Wilson	Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1034	In the Matter of the Guardianship of L.Y.	Court of Appeals Opinion	Opinion
20-0030	State of Latrice L. Lacey	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0657	Klein v. Iowa Public Information Board, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Burlington Police Dep’t Appellee Brief Iowa Public Info Appellee Brief Dep’t of Safety Waiver Brief	Opinion
21-0095	Hills & Dales Child Development Center v. Iowa Dep’t of Education, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0902	Polk County Assessor Randy Ripperger v. Iowa Public Information Board	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0997	Askvig v. Snap-On Logistics Co.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1837	Anna Sothman v. State of Iowa	Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-0971	State of Iowa v. Michael James Jones	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Application Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1689	Wayne Joseph Mlady v. Sue Ann Dougan	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Amicus Curiae Brief Response to Amicus Brief	Opinion
21-0540	In the Intrest of W.T., Minor Child	Court of Appeals Opinion	Opinion
20-0375	Bomgaars, et al. v. State of Iowa	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
19-0969	Marriage of Miller and Miller	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Application Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief	Opinion
19-1613	State of Iowa v. Michael D. Montgomery	Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1429	Domenico Calcaterra v. Iowa Board of Medicine	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1067	State of Iowa v. Jake Skahill	Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1509	State of Iowa v. Jameesha Renae Allen	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Application Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-2112	State of Iowa v. James Paul Vandermark	Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-3014	In re Interest of D.M., Minor Child	Court of Appeals Opinion	Opinion
19-0283	State of Iowa v. Alan James Kuuttila	Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion

Unanimous Supreme Court stresses specificity in wrongful discharge in violation of public policy claims and proper pathways for whistleblower claims

In Brodie, et al. v. Foxhoven, et al., the Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the Iowa District Court for Mills County’s decision to grant summary judgment in favor of defendant Glenwood Resource Center (GRC) in a lawsuit filed by former employees claiming wrongful discharge in violation of public policy.

Property owners’ right to control drainage ends at property’s edge, Iowa Supreme Court holds

Owners of farmland whose surface water flows naturally onto neighboring properties have no control over how the downstream neighbors manage the water once it arrives on their land, provided the neighbors do no harm to upstream land owners, the Iowa Supreme Court held in a June 6 ruling.

Prosecutor cannot be assessed a monetary penalty for misconduct, Iowa Supreme Court holds

A prosecutor cannot be monetarily sanctioned for misconduct in a criminal case, the Iowa Supreme Court held in a unanimous decision in response to what the Court said appeared to be an unprecedented sanction ordered by a district court. The decision in Christensen v. Iowa District Court for Story County was handed down May 30.

Iowa Court of Appeals April 2025 Published Opinion Roundup

The Iowa Court of Appeals selects certain opinions for publication in the Northwestern Reporter. In April, the Court of Appeals selected six opinions for publication. Following are summaries of those opinions.

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