IOWA SUPREME COURT CASES IN THE PIPELINE
2024-2025 TERM
Date of Argument | Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 7:00 p.m. |
24-0346 | Kelly Brodie v. Jerry R. Foxhoven | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Vor, Inc. Amicus Curiae Brief |
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. | 24-0641 | Ls Power Midcontinent, LLC and Southwest Transmission, LLC v. State | MidAmerican Energy Appellant Brief MidAmerican Energy Appellant Reply Brief ITC Midwest Appellant Brief ITC Midwest Appellant Reply Brief ITC Midwest Appellant Supp. Reply Brief State Appellant Brief State Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Supplemental Brief Midcontinent Amicus Curiae Brief Resale Power Group Amicus Curiae Brief |
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. | 24-0298 | Martin Robinson v. Central Iowa Power Coop. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Central IA Power Appellee Brief Ludolph Appellee Brief |
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. | 24-0882 | In The Matter Of Property Seized For Forfeiture From Bitcoin Depot Operating, LLC | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. | 24-0879 | In The Matter Of Property Seized For Forfeiture From Shelby Cason and In The Matter Of Property Seized For Forfeiture From Bitcoin Depot Operating, LLC | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. | 23-2035 | Rhonda C. Lucas v. Progressive Direct Ins. Co. and Peter J. Warhol | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. | 23-0628 | Darrell Jeffrey McClure v. Corteva Agriscience LLC | Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. | 23-2114 | State of Iowa v. Charles Aaron Amble and John Joseph Mandracchia | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Amble Appellee Brief Mandracchia Appellee Brief Amicus Curiae Brief |
Wednesday, April 16, 2025 at 1:30 p.m. | 23-1375 | State of Iowa v. Ronald Eugene Cooley | Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief |
Thursday, April 3, 2025
Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
23-1220 | Amie Villarini v. Iowa City Community School District | Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief |
Thursday, March 27, 2025
Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
22-1865 | County Bank v. Clinton Allan Shalla and Michelle Lynn Shalla | Application for Further Review County Bank Resistance to Further Review Chris Goerdt Resistance to Further Review Peoples Trust Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Chris Goerdt Appellee Brief County Bank Appellee Brief Peoples Savings Bank Appellee Brief |
24-0462 | State of Iowa v. Amadeus Demetrius Mcclain | Appellant Brief Appellee Brief |
23-1308 | John Dostart v. Columbia Insurance Group | Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
22-1721 | Bradshaw Renovations, LLC v. Barry and Jacklynn Graham | Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
24-2030 | In the Matter of David James Hanson, a Magistrate | Appellant Brief Appellee Brief |
Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
23-1786 | State of Iowa v. Vanessa Renae Gale | Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
23-0964 | State of Iowa v. Hope Jennifer Clark | Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
23-0605 | Valerie Rheeder v. Shellene Gray | Gray Appellant Brief Gray Appellant Reply Brief City of Marion Appellant Brief City of Marion Appellant Reply Brief Slagle Appellant Brief Slagle Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
23-0509 | Douglas B. Wilson and Jane Wilson v. Shenandoah Med. Ctr. | Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
23-0826 | Katie Venechuk n/k/a Katie Vandewalker v. Gary A. Landherr | Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief IowaFathers Amicus Curiae Brief |
Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
23-1391 | State of Iowa v. Jordan Kevin Cole | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
24-0700 | Doe v. Western Dubuque Cmty. Sch. Dist. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
Tuesday, February 18, 2025
Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
23-1154 | Estate of Phillip Raymond Morgan v. Union Pac. R.R. Co. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
24-0261 | State of Iowa v. Kevin Dwayne Woods, Jr. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
Monday, February 17, 2025
Case Name | Brief | |
23-1218 | State of Iowa v. Patrick Wayman Scullark, Jr. | Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
23-1617 | Estate of Sharon Kahn and Vicki Hodges v. State of Iowa | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief State of Iowa Appellee Brief City of Clermont Appellee Brief Fayette Co. Appellee Brief |
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
24-0289 | Theron M. Christensen v. Iowa Dist. Ct. for Story Cnty. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief State of IA Supporting Plaintiff Amicus Curiae Brief IA County Attorneys’ Assoc. Amicus Curiae Brief State Public Defender Amicus Curiae Brief |
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
23-1766 | Eugene Sikora v. State of Iowa | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
22-2048 | Fatima E. Belhak, et al. v. Women’s Care Specialists, P.C. | Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief |
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
23-1414 | League of United Latin American Citizens of Iowa v. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Iowa State Senators Amicus Curiae Brief |
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
23-0603 | Nedzad Mehmedovic v. Tyson Foods, Inc. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Tyson, White, Banks Appellee Brief Hart, Brustkern, Casey Appellee Brief |
Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
24-0828 | Sandra K. Mormann, Individually and as Administrator of The Estate of Augustin G. Mormann, and Daniel J. Mormann, Individually v. City of Manchester, Iowa and James Louis Wessels | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
24-0894 | Gregg Mandsager v. City of Muscatine, Diana Broderson, Individually and In Her Official Capacity As Mayor of The City of Muscatine, Kelcey Brackett, Individually and In His Official Capacity As Councilmember of The City of Muscatine, Osmond Malcolm, Individually and et. al. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
24-1123 | Donald Lee Wyldes, Jr. v. State of Iowa | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Amicus Curiae Brief The Innocence Network Amicus Curiae Brief |
24-1351 | Benjamin Fogle and Amanda Fogle, On Behalf of Minor Child P.F. v. Clay Elementary School-Southeast Polk Community School District, Dirk Halupnik, Andrea Burns and Carla Rivas, Individually and In Their Official Capacities with Southeast Polk Community School District | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
24-1352 | Ashley Hall and Ryan Hall, On Behalf of Minor Child A.H. v. Southeast Polk Junior High School – Southeast Polk Community School District, Dirk Halupnik, Joseph Horton, Michael Dailey, Jacob Bartels, and Georgia Casner, Individually and In Their Official Capacities With Southeast Polk Community School District | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
24-0453 | J. Doe v. Iowa District Court for Polk County | not available |
24-0548 | The Law Office of Shawn Shearer, P.C., Shawn Shearer and Theodore F. Sporer v. Iowa District Court for Fremont County | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
24-0769 | State of Iowa v. Lynn Melvin Lindaman | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief |
FEATURED POSTS
Iowa Supreme Court revives suit against Polk County over rezoning decision on Family Leader project
Five individual plaintiffs living near a non-profit group’s proposed office and event center have standing to pursue claims alleging they would be injured by development in what is now an area zoned for agricultural use. The Iowa Supreme Court reached this conclusion in a decision handed down April 4.
Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in seven cases April 15 and 16
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in seven cases April 15 and 16. Two other cases will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Following are brief summaries of the April cases with the exception of one attorney discipline case.
Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in a defamation case April 3 at Drake Law School
Did a video recording of a school board meeting posted by the board on its YouTube channel defame a former tennis coach who alleges she was slandered by statements made during the public meeting? That question will be before the Iowa Supreme Court at an oral argument at the Drake Law School at 9:30 a.m. April 3 in Villarini v. Iowa City Community School District.
Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in eight cases March 26 and 27
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in eight cases March 26 and 27. Two cases will be submitted to the Court without oral arguments. Following are summaries of the March arguments. Go to OnBrief’s Cases in the Pipeline page to read briefs filed in these cases.
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