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
November 2024 Opinion Roundup
The Iowa Supreme Court entered opinions in eleven cases in November 2024. In addition to the four cases covered in individual stories on the blog, the remaining opinions from November are summarized below.
Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in 10 cases Dec. 17 and 18
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in 10 cases Dec. 17 and 18, and three other cases will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Following are brief summaries of the December cases.
No Fourth Amendment violation in vehicle search after drug-sniffing dog sticks its nose through an open window, Iowa Supreme Court holds
The Fourth Amendment protection against unreasonable search and seizure was not violated when a drug detection dog inserted its nose into the open window of a suspect’s vehicle, the Iowa Supreme Court held in a divided Dec. 6 decision.
Landowners challenging DOT eminent domain action missed a critical filing deadline, Iowa Supreme Court holds
Owners of farmland in Story County seeking to block the Iowa Department of Transportation’s condemnation of part of their property for a highway project succeeded in getting their appeal before the Iowa Supreme Court even after missing one filing deadline, but they lost their bid to revive their case in district court because they missed a second and critical deadline.
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