IOWA SUPREME COURT CASES IN THE PIPELINE
2022-2023
Monday, February 20, 2023 7:00 PM
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 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 |
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 9:00 AM
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 22-0581 | Joshua Venckus v. City of Iowa City et al. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 21-1072 | Shari Martin v. Thomas Tovar et al. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appelle Brief |
| 21-1092 | Des Moines Civil and Human Rights Comm’n v. Patrick Knueven and Mary Knueven | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
Tuesday, February 21, 2023 1:30 PM
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 21-1275 | Phyllis Konchar v. Reverend Joseph Pins et al. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 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 |
| 21-0590 | J.D. Ray Anderson v. Iowa District Court for Woodbury County | Appellant Brief Appellee Brief |
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 9:00 AM
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 22-0789 | Laura Belin et al. v. Governor Reynolds et al. | Not available |
| 21-1813 | State of Iowa v. Maurice Frederick Boone, Jr. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 22-0513 | Sutton and Sutton v. Council Bluffs Water Works | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
Wednesday, February 22, 2023 1:30 PM
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 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 |
| 22-0536 | Francis Livingood, et al. v. City of Des Moines, Iowa | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 22-0736 | In the Matter of the Medical Assistance Pooled Special Needs Trust of Scott Hewitt | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
Argued Thursday, January 19, 2023
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 22-0468 | City of Ames v. Iowa Pub. Emp. Rel. Bd. et al. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Intervenor Brief |
| 20-1551 | State of Iowa v. Patrick H. Booker, Jr. | Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief |
| 21-1327 | Davina Valdez v. West Des Moines Cmty. Sch. and Desira Johnson | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 21-1968 | Blasdell v. Linnhaven, Inc. | Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief |
Argued Wednesday, January 18, 2023
Argued Thursday, December 15, 2022
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 22-0239 | Jim Nahas v. Polk Cnty. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Heartland Ins. Amicus Curiae Brief |
| 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 |
| 21-0348 | In the Matter of the Guardianship of J.W. | Not available |
| 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 |
| 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 |
Argued December 14, 2022
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 21-1437 | Gary Kluender, Jr. v. Plum Grove Inv., Inc. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 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 |
| 21-0877 | State of Iowa v. Sam Daniel Abu Youm | Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief |
| 21-1652 | In the Matter of the Subpoena Issued to Dethmers Mfg. Co. v. Tharun Mittapalli | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 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 |
Argued Thursday, November 17, 2022
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 21-0854 | Barnes and Barnes v. CDM Rentals, LLC | Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief |
Argued Wednesday, November 16, 2022
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 20-1467 | David Alan Feeback v. Swift Pork Company et al. | Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 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 |
Argued Thursday, October 13, 2022
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 21-0909 | Jason Carter v. State of Iowa et al. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 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 |
| 21-1948 | Kyle Dornath v. Employment Appeal Board | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
Argued Wednesday, October 12, 2022
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 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 |
| 20-1549 | State of Iowa v. Santos Rene Torres | Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
Argued Friday, September 30, 2022
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 20-1150 | State of Iowa v. Jerry Lynn Burns | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief ACLU Amicus Curiae Brief |
Argued Thursday, September 15, 2022
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 21-0657 | State of Iowa v. Deonte WB Ellison | Appellant Brief Appellee Brief |
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 20-1391 | State of Iowa v. Yales Stevens | Not available |
| 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 |
| 22-1257 | Mary Kathryn C. Wallace v. Douglas Ayer Wallace | Appellant Brief – Appellee Joinder |
| 22-0243 | Larry R. Hedlund v. State of Iowa et al. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 22-0288 | In re Estate of Bisignano | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief |
| 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 |
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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