IOWA SUPREME COURT CASES IN THE PIPELINE

2022-2023 TERM

Case No.	*Case Name*	Brief	Supreme Court Opinion
21-1327	Davina Valdez v. West Des Moines Cmty. Sch. and Desira Johnson	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0723	Jacqueline Sue Uhler v. The Graham Group, Inc.	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0005	Polly Carver-Kim v. Kim Reynolds et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief IA Assoc. for Justice Amicus Curiae Brief IA Freedom of Info. Council Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
21-1788	Linda Juckette v. Iowa Utilities Board	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief IA Utilities Board Appellee Brief MidAmerican Appellee Brief Office of Consumer Advocate Intervenor Brief IA Farm Bureau Federation Amicus Curiae Brief ITC Midwest Amicus Curiae Brief Office of Consumer Advocate Intervenor Brief	Opinion
22-0918	McCoy v. Thomas L. Cardella & Associates	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-2036	Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc. et al. v. Kim Reynolds, ex. rel et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Iowa Coalition Against Deomestic Violence Amicus Curiae Brief Am. College of OB GYN Amicus Curiae Brief Indiana and Other States Amicus Curiae Brief IA State Senators Amicus Curiae Brief College of Pediatricians Amicus Curiae Brief IA Legislature Members Amicus Curiae Brief Prof. Derek Muller Amicus Curiae Brief Non-Iowa Abortion Care Amicus Curiae Brief Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
22-1727	Richardson v. Johnson et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1015	James A. Stogdill, et al. v. City of Windsor Heights, Iowa et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Municipal Collections Brief Appellee Windsor Heights Brief	Opinion
21-1072	Shari Martin v. Thomas Tovar et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appelle Brief	Opinion
22-0239	Jim Nahas v. Polk Cnty.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Heartland Ins. Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
22-0243	Larry R. Hedlund v. State of Iowa et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0536	Francis Livingood, et al. v. City of Des Moines, Iowa	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0348	In the Matter of the Guardianship of J.W.	Appellant Reply Brief Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review	Opinion
21-0831	State of Iowa, ex rel., Thomas J. Miller Attorney General of Iowa v. Travis Autor et al.	Appellee Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
22-0288	Estate of Bisignano	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief	Opinion
22-0513	Jim Sutton and Angela Sutton v. Council Bluffs Water Works	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0581	Joshua Venckus v. City of Iowa City and Andrew Rich	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0854	Shelley Barnes and Cameron Barnes v. CDM Rentals, LLC	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0909	Jason Carter v. State of Iowa et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1977	Aiden Vasquez and Mika Covington v. Iowa Dep’t of Human Serv.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appelle Brief Appellee Reply Brief AMA Amicus Curiae Brief Bay Area Lawyers Amicus Curiae Brief Chicago Lawyer’s Comm. Amicus Curiae Brief Iowa Law Professors Amicus Curiae Brief One Iowa Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
21-1992	Geri L. White v. Michael Harkrider et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief IA Assoc. for Justice Amicus Curiae Brief IA County Attorneys Amicus Curiae Brief Iowa League of Cities Amicus Curiae Brief State of Iowa Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
22-1010	Cory Burnett v. Phillip Smith and State of Iowa	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Iowa League of Cities Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
22-1190	Story County Wind, LLC. v. Story County Bd. of Review	Appellant Reply Brief Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1257	Mary Kathryn C. Wallace v. Kristin W. Wildensee	Appellant Brief – Appellee Joinder Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
22-0385	Env’t Law and Policy Ctr. et al. v. Iowa Utilities Board et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief IUB Appellee Brief Intervenor-Appellee MidAmerican Brief Invervenor Office of Consumer Advocate Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
22-0736	In the Matter of the Medical Assitance Pooled Special Needs Trust of Scott Hewitt	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1331	In the Matter of the Medical Assistance Pooled Special Needs Trust of Steven Muller	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Final Brief	Opinion
20-1551	State of Iowa v. Patrick H. Booker, Jr.	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1753	State of Iowa v. Iowa District Court for Woodbury County	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1813	State of Iowa v. Maurice Frederick Boone, Jr.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0038	Pitz and Pitz v. United States Cellular Operating Co. of Dubuque	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0490	Alevia Green v. North Cent. Iowa Reg’l Solid Waste Auth. and IMWCA	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0590	J.D. Ray Anderson v. Iowa District Court for Woodbury County	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0649	Robert Benda v. Iowa Horsemen’s Benevolent, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Thoroughbred Breeders Intervenor Brief Horsemen’s Intervenor Brief	Opinion
21-1275	Phyllis Konchar v. Reverend Joseph Pins et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0789	Laura Belin et al. v. Governor Reynolds et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1549	State of Iowa v. Santos Rene Torres	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0877	State of Iowa v. Sam Daniel Abu Youm	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1092	Des Moines Civil and Human Rights Comm’n v. Patrick Knueven and Mary Knueven	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1765	Auditor of the State of Iowa v. An Unnamed Local Gov’t Risk Pool	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Final Brief	Opinion
21-1968	Blasdell v. Linnhaven, Inc.	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1150	State of Iowa v. Jerry Lynn Burns	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief ACLU Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
20-1467	David Alan Feeback v. Swift Pork Co. et al.	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1948	Kyle A. Dornath v. Employment Appeal Board	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-0911	State of Iowa v. Anthony Alexander Mong	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0696	LS Power Midcontinent, LLC v. State of Iowa	Application for Further Review State Resistance to Further Review ITC Midwest Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief MidAmerican Intervenor-Appellee Brief ITC Intervenor Brief Coalition of MISO Amicus Curiae Brief Resale Power Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
22-0101	Estate of Butterfield v. Chautauqua Guest Home, Inc.	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0981	Tommy Marion Copeland v. State of Iowa and Iowa Air National Guard	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0455	US Bank N.A. v. Bittner	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Midwest One Appellee Brief US Bank Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0328	Jeffrey S. Bittner v. U.S. Bank N.A.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0914	State of Iowa v. Alexander Shantee Thomas Ross	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1663	Lincoln Savings Bank v. Debra Emmert	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0468	City of Ames v. Iowa Pub. Emp. Rel. Bd. et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Intervenor Brief	Opinion
21-0980	Amber Martinez, individually and on behalf of her minor child I.M. et al. v. State of Iowa	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1946	Howsare and Howsare v. Iowa District Court for Polk County	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1652	In the Matter of the Subpoena Issued to Dethmers Mfg. Co. v. Tharun Mittapalli	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0215	McNeal and McNeal v. Wapello County et al.	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0657	State of Iowa v. Deonte WB Ellison	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1437	Gary Kluender, Jr. v. Plum Grove Investments, Inc.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0556	Richard Grout as Trustee of the Helen Schardein 2018 Revocable Trust v. Dan Sickels	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0756	State of Iowa v. Gowun Park	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1918	In re Marriage of Sokol	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0672	State of Iowa v. Royriguez Patterson	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0774	Quality Plus Feeds, INc. v. Compeer Financial, FLCA	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Iowa Inst. for Co-op Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
21-0014	Dolly Inv., LLC v. MMG Sioux City, LLC et al.	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1211	State of Iowa v. Benjamin G. Trane	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0293	Marcelino Alvarez-Victoriano v. City of Waterloo et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief State of Iowa Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
22-0365	Susan Ronnfeldt v. Shelby County Chris A. Myrtue Memorial Hospital d/b/a Myrtue Medical Center et al.	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0405	Jahn Patric Kirlin and Sara Louise Kirlin v. Barclay A. Monaster et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Methodist Physicians Appellee Brief Monaster Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0079	State of Iowa v. Cameron James Hess	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0744	State of Iowa v. Ronald James Brimmer	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1043	State of Iowa v. Jeffrey Lee Stendrup	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1290	Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co. v. Polk Co. Bd. of Review	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0454	In re Marriage of Mills	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1040	State of Iowa v. Joseph Allen Bloom	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1651	Michelle Vaccaro v. Polk County, Iowa et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0900	Michael Savala v. State of Iowa et al.	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1919	State of Iowa v. Tyjaun Levell Tucker	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0786	James Farnsworth II v. State of Iowa	Appellant Application for Further Review Appellee Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1689	State of Iowa v. Christopher William Thompson	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0999	Save Our Stadiums, et al. v. Des Moines Indep. Cmty. Sch. Dist. et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1760	State of Iowa v. Prince G. Paye	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0487	State of Iowa v. Rick D. Petro	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1115	State of Iowa v. Fethe Feshaye Baraki	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1146	State of Iowa v. John Eddie Hanes, III	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1147	State of Iowa v. Maurice Edward Sallis	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0101	State of Iowa v. Mychael Richard Patten	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0067	Danna Braaksma v. Bd. of Dir. of the Sibley-Ocheyedan Cmty. Sch. Dist.	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0411	Arzell Jones v. State of Iowa	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0859	Dickey, et al. v. Jeremy Hoff et al.	Appellant Brief Hoff Appellee Brief LCSD Appellee Brief Jennie Edmundson Hospital Appellee Brief District Court Order on Motion to Dismiss	Order

Case No.	Case Name	Brief
22-0326	State of Iowa v. Iowa Juvenile Court for Plymouth County	Not available
22-0452	Suzette Rasmussen v. Iowa Dep’t of Public Health et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Bleeding Heartland LLC Amicus Curiae Brief
22-0495	Estate of Fahrmann v. ABCM Corp.	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief
22-0576	Jorgensen and Jorgensen v. Adam B. Smith et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
22-0790	UE Local 893/IUP v. State of Iowa	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief
22-0952	In the Matter of V.H., Alleged to be Seriously Mentally Impaired, V.H.	Not available
22-1234	State of Iowa v. Chase Robert Griffin	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
22-1328	Bridgestone Americas, Inc. et al. v. Charles Anderson	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief IA Assoc. of Business & Industry Amicus Curiae Brief
22-1009	State of Iowa v. Robert Clark Geddes	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
22-1894	Justin Loew v. Menard, Inc. et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
22-0759	Estate of Carter Jay William Anderson	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief

Case No.	Case Name	Brief
21-0102	State of Iowa v. Demetrias Alan Martin	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief
21-0522	State of Iowa v. Dalton Wayne Cook	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief
21-1666	Marc Harding d/b/a Harding Law Firm v. Rick Sasso, M.D., d/b/a Indiana Spine Group	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief

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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