IOWA SUPREME COURT CASES IN THE PIPELINE
2024-2025 TERM
Wednesday, November 18, 2024
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 23-1766 | Eugene Sikora v. State of Iowa | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 24-0189 | Michael Chandler v. Iowa Dep’t of Corrections | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief IA Prof. Fire Fighters Assoc. Amicus Curiae 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 |
| 23-1729 | Dr. Allen Diercks and Diane Holst v. Scott County, Iowa and Kerri Tompkins | Appellant Brief Appellee Brief IA Freedom of Information Council Amicus Curiae 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 |
| 23-1928 | Benjamin G. Trane v. State of Iowa | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief |
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
Thursday, November 14, 2024
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 22-1599 | Scott Hampe v. Charles Gabus Motors, Inc., d/b/a Toyota of Des Moines | Application for Further Review Resistance to Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Gadimina Appellee Brief Charles Gabus Appellee Brief |
| 23-0786 | State of Iowa v. Isaiah Cecil Hakeem Duffield | Application for 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 |
| 23-0603 | Nedzad Mehmedovic v. Tyson Foods, Inc. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Tyson, White, Banks Appellee Brief Hart, Brustkern, Casey Appellee Brief |
| 23-1063 | State of Iowa v. Alison Elaine Dorsey | Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 23-0413 | State of Iowa v. Allan Robert Sievers | Appellant Brief Appellee Brief |
| 21-1425 | State of Iowa v. Gerry Harland Greenland | Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief |
| 24-0027 | Marlene Banwart and Richard Banwart v. Neurosurgery of North Iowa, P.C. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Getta Appellee Brief Neurosurgery Appellee Brief Getta Appellee Reply Brief Neurosurgery Appellee Reply Brief |
| 23-0321 | Waterloo Cmty. Sch. Dist. v. Employers Mutual Casualty Co. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
Thursday, October 10, 2024
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 23-1199 | 1000 Friends of Iowa v. Polk Cnty. Bd. of Supervisors | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 22-2098 | Smith v. Iowa Assoc. of Cmty. College Trustees | Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Cmty. Colleges Amicus Curiae Brief |
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 23-0598 | State of Iowa v. Ezekiel Kieffer | Appellant Brief Appellee Brief |
| 22-0023 | State of Iowa v. Tyre Dewayne Brown | Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief |
Thursday, September 12, 2024
| Case No. | Case Name | Brief |
| 23-1829 | Marleny Rivas v. Derek Brownell and Lindsey Wessel | Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 23-0243 | Estate of Larry Joe McVay | Appellant Brief |
| 22-1188 | State of Iowa v. Lukouxs Alan Brown | Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
FEATURED POSTS
Names of applicants seeking appointment to Scott County Board of Supervisors are public records, Iowa Supreme Court holds
Scott County officials violated the Iowa Open Records Act when they made an appointment to fill a mid-term vacancy on the Board of Supervisors without publicly revealing the identities of any of the applicants, the Iowa Supreme Court held in a 4-3 decision handed down Feb. 14.
Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in nine cases Feb. 17-19
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in nine cases Feb. 17, 18, and 19. Four other cases will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Following are brief summaries of the February cases, not including an attorney disciplinary case.
Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in assisted-reproduction fraud case in a special evening session Feb. 11
Bert and Donna Millers’ desire to conceive children in the 1950s was realized with the assistance of Dr. John Randall, a physician and head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Iowa Hospitals, and Donna gave birth to two children via artificial insemination.
Roofing company’s 30-day grace period and 1.5% monthly default charge is not subject to Consumer Credit Code
A roofing contractor who granted its customer a 30-day grace period to pay for a roofing job along with 1.5% a month in interest for tardy payment did not grant credit and is not subject to the Iowa Consumer Credit Code, the Iowa Supreme Court held in a unanimous Jan. 24 decision.
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