IOWA SUPREME COURT CASES IN THE PIPELINE

2023-2024 TERM

Case No.	Case Name	Brief	Supreme Court Opinion
22-0522	State of Iowa v. Derek Michael White	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0779	Nathan Daniel Olsen v. State of Iowa	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1232	State of Iowa v. Kyra Rose Bauler	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
23-1145	Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc, et al. v. Kim Reynolds, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Family Policy Councils Amicus Curiae Brief Foundation for Moral Law Amicus Curiae Brief ACOG, AMA Amicus Curiae Brief Alliance Defending Freedom Amicus Curiae Brief Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine Amicus Curiae Brief Concerned Women for America Amicus Curiae Brief ICADV Amicus Curiae Brief Interfaith Alliance of Iowa Amicus Curiae Brief Medical Students for Choice Amicus Curiae Brief Non-Iowan Abortion Care Amicus Curiae Brief RESOLVE Amicus Curiae Brief Indiana and Other States Amicus Curiae Brief American Assoc. of Pro-Life Obstetricians Amicus Curiae Brief Legislators Amicus Curiae Brief Kirkwood Amicus Curiae Brief American College of Pediatricians Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
22-1920	State of Iowa v. Shannon Paige Hightower	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
23-0537	Vagts, et al. v. Northern Natural Gas Co.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0848	Sundance Land Co. LLC v. Remmark	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0917	Ron Myers v. City of Cedar Falls	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-2085	Bankers Trust Co. v. City of Des Moines	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
23-0833	State of Iowa v. Kari Jean Schwartz	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
23-0719	Timothy Duane Smith v. State of Iowa	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
23-0679	Donald Lyle Clark v. State of Iowa	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
23-0568	Medardo Rivera v. Clear Channel Outdoor, LLC et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0813	Estate of Shirley Kay Gomez	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0390	Robert Teig v. Vanessa Chavez, et al.	Appellant Brief Apellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief IA League of Cities Amicus Curiae Brief Amici IA FOIC and ACLU Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
21-1891	State of Iowa v. Lasondra A. Johnson	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1650	State of Iowa v. Darius LeJuan Wade	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
23-0093	In re Estate of Janssen	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Security Nat’l Bank Brief	Opinion
22-0199	State of Iowa v. Abel Gomez Medina	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1144	State of Iowa v. Amy Lois Rasmussen	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1574	Miller v. Catholic Health Initiatives-Iowa, Corp.	Nowysz Appellant Brief Nowysz Appellant Reply Brief CHI Appellant Brief CHI Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief IA Assoc. of Justice Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
22-1619	Puente v. Civil Service Comm. of Iowa City	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1905	Conservatorship of Geerdes v. Cruz	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
23-1115	Jeffrey Peterzalek and Molly Weber v. Iowa District Court for Polk County	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1703	State of Iowa v. Iowa District Court for Emmet County	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-2100	State of Iowa v. Brandon Willaim Lee	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
23-0182	Dee A. Delaney v. Second Injury Fund 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
23-0338	State of Iowa v. Adam Aaron Rhodes	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
23-1131	Elizabeth Roberts v. Estate of Roberts	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1995	Terrance Hill Society Foundation v. Terrance Hill Commission, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
23-0214	K.C., Minor Child v. Iowa District Court for Polk County	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief ACLU Amicus Curiae Brief State Public Defender Amicus Curiae Brief Juvenile Law Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
23-0917	Randolph and Randolph v. Aidan, LLC	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief IA League of Cities Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
23-0201	Kirkwood Institute, Inc. v. Iowa Auditor of State Rob Sand, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
23-0239	The University of Iowa, et al. v. Modern Piping, Inc.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0259	Hora v. Hora	Appellant Application for Further Review Appellee/Cross-Appellant Keith Hora Application for Further Review HK Application for Further Review Appellee/Cross-Appellant Keith Hora Resistance to Further Review Brian and Gregg Hora Resistance to Further Review Plaintiff/Appellant Brian and Gregg Hora Resistance to Further Review HK Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief HK Appellee Brief Appellee/Cross-Appellant Keith Hora Appellee Reply Brief	Opinion
23-0055	State of Iowa v. Clayton Curtis Brown	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
23-0560	State of Iowa v. Christopher James Wilson	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
23-0600	State of Iowa v. Jesse Lee McCollaugh	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
23-0866	Goche, LLC, et al. v. Kossuth Co. Bd. of Supervisors, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Bd. of Supervisors Appellee Brief Bolton Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1898	Tracy White v. State of Iowa, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
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	Opinion
22-1507	State of Iowa v. Jacob Lee Goble	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
23-0858	State of Iowa v. Faron Alan Starr	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0397	State of Iowa v. Lawrence George Canady, III	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0473	Lime Lounge, Inc. v. City of Des Moines, Iowa	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1367	State of Iowa v. Scott Randolph Luke	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1319	State of Iowa v. David Dwight Jackson	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0903	State of Iowa v. Kadin Jeffrey Miller	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
23-0482	David A. Vaudt and Jeanie K. Vaudt v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1194	Patty A. Thorington, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Ronald Mitchell v. Scott County, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0401	Sen. Roby Smith, et al. v. Iowa District Court for Polk County	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Republican Nat’l Comm. Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
22-0892	State of Iowa v. Sydney Leiann Slaughter	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0162	State of Iowa v. Jesse Jon Harbach	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1581	State of Iowa v. Paula Lynn Cole	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0403	Alyssa Pratt v. Adam B. Smith, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0471	MidAmerican Construction LLC, et al. v. Marshall Sandlin	Application for Further Review Resistance for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0576	Jorgensen and Jorgensen v. Adam B. Smith, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0759	Estate of Carter Jay William Anderson	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0771	State of Iowa v. B.C.D.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0805	State of Iowa v. T.J.W.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1421	P.M. Lattner Manufacturing Co., et al. v. Michael Rife	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1530	State of Iowa v. Colby Davis Laub	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief IA Assoc. for Justice Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
22-1531	State of Iowa v. Morgan Marie McMickle	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief IA Assoc. for Justice Amicus Curiae Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1573	Alyssa Pratt v. Adam B. Smith, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1894	Justin Loew v. Menard, Inc., et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1291	Sandra Selden v. DMACC	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief IA Comm. College Amicus Curiae Brief	Opinion
22-1337	Simranjit Singh v. Michael Walter McDermott	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1440	State of Iowa v. Jerome Emanuel Bailey, Sr.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0102	State of Iowa v. Demetrias Alan Martin	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1676	State of Iowa v. Nelson Carlso Flores	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0303	Chicoine, et al. v. Wellmark	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1521	In re Detention of Stewart Franklin Schuman	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0686	In re Marriage of Frazier	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0684	Lorri Hagen v. Serta/National Bedding Co., LLC, et al.	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1026	James R. Penny v. City of Winterset and Christian Dekker	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1213	IIHBRA v. State University of Iowa, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief	Opinion
22-0495	Estate of Fahrmann v. ABCM Corp.	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0587	Scott D. Olson v. BNSF Railway Co.	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1572	Renee Hummell v. Adam Smith, Adam Smith, M.D., P.C., et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1927	Britni Hilts v. Adam Smith, Adam Smith, M.D., P.C., et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-2081	Tweeten Farms v. Corey Tweeten	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
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	Opinion
22-0362	State of Iowa v. Iowa Juvenile Court for Plymouth Co.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1062	State of Iowa v. David Daniel Gordon	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1133	State of Iowa v. Stephen Andrew Arrieta	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1617	State of Iowa v. Robert Paul Krogmann	Application for Further Review Resistance for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1009	State of Iowa v. Robert Clark Geddes	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-0828	State of Iowa v. Jaheim Romaine Cyrus	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0037	State of Iowa v. Donald Melvin Wittenberg	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0624	State of Iowa v. Bita Amisi	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-1234	State of Iowa v. Chase Robert Griffin	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0553	State of Iowa v. Murphy Lee Rutherford	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0089	State of Iowa v. Johnny Blahnik Church a/k/a Drew Alan Blahnik	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0790	UE Local 893/IUP v. State of Iowa	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief	Opinion
21-0522	State of Iowa v. Dalton Wayne Cook	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0324	State of Iowa v. Waylon James Brown	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
21-1594	State of Iowa v. Dagger Le Erdman	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
22-0952	In the Matter of V.H., Alleged to be Seriously Mentally Impaired, V.H.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion

Case No.	Case Name	Brief
22-2021	Todd P. Halbur v. Stephen Larson, Administrator of the Alcoholic Beverages Division, in his Official Capacity	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
23-0243	Estate of Larry Joe McVay	Appellant Brief
23-0321	Waterloo Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Employers Mutual Casualty Co.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
23-0970	In re N.S.	Not available
23-1448	State of Iowa v. Jeffrey John Flynn	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
23-0603	Nedzad Mehmedovic v. Tyson Foods, Inc., et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Tyson, While, Banks Appellee Brief Hart, Brustkern, Casey Appellee Brief
23-0605	Valerie Rheeder v. Shellene Gray, et al.	City of Marion Appellant Brief City of Marion Appellant Reply Brief Gray Appellant Brief Gray Appellant Reply Brief Slagle Appellant Reply Brief Slagle Appellant Brief Appellee Brief
23-1075	State of Iowa v. Ashlee Marie Mumford	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief
23-1186	Summit Carbon Solutions, LLC v. Kent Kasischke	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Liquid Energy Amicus Curiae Brief IA Utility Assoc Amicus Curiae Brief
22-1317	S.K., a legally incapacitated Minor v. Obstetric & Gynecological Assoc. of Iowa City and Coralville, P.C.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief

Case No.	Case Name	Brief
22-0380	State of Iowa v. Chad Allan Staton	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief
22-1419	Katherine Avenarius and Paul Avenarius v. State of Iowa	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
22-1601	Hunter Three Farms, LLC v. Richard Hunter	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
22-1801	In re Estate of Johnston	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
22-2098	Charles Smith, Trustee in the Bankruptcy of Metro Concrete, Inc. v. Iowa Assoc. of Cmty. College Trustees, et al.	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief

Divided Iowa Supreme Court upholds state law governing restoration of firearms rights

In its first decision addressing a 2022 constitutional amendment that for the first time recognizes a “fundamental” right to bear arms in the Iowa Constitution, a divided Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the Pottawattamie District Court’s ruling denying an Iowa man’s bid to have his firearms rights restored after those rights had been revoked.

Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in one case in Marshalltown Nov. 19

The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Nov. 19 in an evening session in Marshalltown in a case that involves the legality of a home search under the Iowa Constitution.

The Nov. 19 argument in Marshalltown is one in a series of court sessions held outside of the Judicial Branch Building in Des Moines to give Iowa …

Malpractice case resulting in $97 million verdict sent back for a new trial by Iowa Supreme Court

A manufacturer’s written package insert regarding the use of an obstetrical vacuum used to deliver a baby born with brain damage contained hearsay that should not have been allowed into evidence in a medical malpractice trial that resulted in a $97 million jury verdict, the Iowa Supreme Court held in a unanimous ruling issued Nov. 8.

Iowa Court of Appeals October 2024 Published Opinion Roundup

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

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