IOWA SUPREME COURT CASES IN THE PIPELINE

2023-2024 TERM

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Case No.	Case Name	Brief
23-0679	Medardo Rivera v. Clear Channel Outdoor, LLC, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
22-1905	Conservative of Geerdes v. Cruz	Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
22-0813	Timonthy 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
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
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

Wednesday, April 10, 2024

Case No.	Case Name	Brief
23-0568	Donald Lyle Clark v. State of Iowa	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
23-0093	In re Estate of Janssen	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Security Nat’l Bank Brief
23-1115	Jeffrey Peterzalek and Molly Weber v. Iowa District Court for Polk County	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
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
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
23-1131	Elizabeth Roberts v. Estate of Roberts	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief

Thursday, April 4, 2024

Case No.	Case Name	Brief
21-1891	State of Iowa v. Lasondra A. Johnson	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief

Tuesday, April 2, 2024

Case No.	Case Name	Brief
23-0338	State of Iowa v. Adam Aaron Rhodes	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief

Thursday, March 21, 2024

Case No.	Case Name	Brief
22-1574	Miller v. Catholic Health Initiatives, et al.	Nowysz Appellant Brief Nowysz Appellant Reply Brief CHI Appellant Brief CHI Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief IA Assoc. of Justice Amicus Curiae Brief
22-0848	Sundance Land Company, LLC v. Phillip Remmark and Bobbie Remmark	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief
22-1290	State of Iowa v. Shannon Paige Hightower	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
22-2100	State of Iowa v. Brandon William Lee	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Case No.	Case Name	Brief
23-0917	Randolph and Randolph v. Aidan, LLC	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief IA League of Cities Amicus Curiae Brief
22-1703	State of Iowa v. Iowa District Court for Emmet County	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
22-1650	State of Iowa v. Darious LeJuan Wade	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief
22-0779	Nathan Daniel Olsen v. State of Iowa	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Case No.	Case Name	Brief
22-0199	State of Iowa v. Abel Gomez Medina	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
22-1995	Terrance Hill Society Foundation v. Terrance Hill Commission, et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
22-0522	State of Iowa v. Derek Michael White	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
22-1144	State of Iowa v. Amy Lois Rasmussen	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Case No.	Case Name	Brief
22-2100	State of Iowa v. Brandon William Lee	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief
23-0833	Teig v. 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

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Case No.	Case Name	Brief
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
23-0537	Vagts, et al. v. Northern Natural Gas Co.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief
22-0390	State of Iowa v. Kari Jean Schwartz	Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief

Thursday, December 14, 2023

Case No.	Case Name	Brief
22-1317	S.K., a Legally Incapacitated Minor by and Through His Conservator v. Obstetric & Gynecologic Assoc. of Iowa City and Corallville, P.C., et al.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

Case No.	Case Name	Brief
22-2085	Bankers Trust Co. v. City of Des Moines	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

Case No.	Case Name	Brief
22-1232	State of Iowa v. Kyra Rose Bauler	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief

Case No.	Case Name	Brief	Supreme Court 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

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

Indecent exposure before two witnesses is two crimes, not one, Iowa Supreme Court holds

If two persons simultaneously witness another person masturbating in violation of Iowa’s indecent exposure statute, has that person committed two separate crimes or one crime under Iowa law?

According to the defendant who was convicted by a Story County jury on two counts of indecent exposure for exposing himself and m …

State worker failed to prove boss created a hostile work environment, Iowa Supreme Court holds

The Iowa Supreme Court remanded a $790,000 jury award for a state employee’s hostile-work environment claim to Polk County District Court for entry of a judgment notwithstanding the verdict, which erases the damage award. The Court held that the plaintiff failed to prove her hostile work environment claim based on what she herself experienced.

Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments April 11 on constitutionality of Iowa’s fetal cardiac activity abortion statute

The Iowa Supreme Court will hear its final oral argument of the 2023-24 term Thursday. The Court saved the term’s most-watched case for last: an appeal addressing whether Iowa’s law banning abortion after about six weeks of pregnancy may be enforced.

The oral argument in Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, et al …

Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in eight cases Apr. 10-11

The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in eight cases April 10 and 11. Four other cases will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Following are brief summaries of the April arguments.

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