IOWA SUPREME COURT CASES IN THE PIPELINE
2025-2026 TERM
| 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 |
| 24-0453 | 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 |
| 24-0353 | State of Iowa v. Ronald Richard Pagliai | Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Amicus Curiae Brief |
| 24-0727 | In Re: Davenport Building Collapse | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 24-1422 | Beecher Store, Inc. v. Iowa Department of Revenue Alcoholic Beverages Division | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 24-1704 | Teresa Marie Rarick and Richard Dee Rarick v. Wesley R. Smidt, M.D. and Des Moines Orthopaedic Surgeons, P.C. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellant Supplemental Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Supplemental Brief |
| 24-1145 | Michael William Stoltze v. Grace Maher n/k/a Grace Stokes and Macauley Stokes | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 24-1566 | State of Iowa, Ex Rel. Attorney General Brenna Bird v. Tiktok, Inc., Tiktok Ltd, Tiktok Pte. Ltd, Bytedance Ltd. and Bytedance, Inc. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Amicus Curiae Brief for Netchoice Amicus Curiae Brief for Trammell and Bambauer |
| 24-1701 | State of Iowa, Ex Rel. Iowa Department of Transportation v. Honey Creek Drainage District No. 6 Board of Trustees, Robert D. Hansen, Mason J. Hansen, and Richard J. Hansen In Their Capacities As Members of The Board of Trustees of Honey Creek Drainage District No. 6, Pigeon Creek Drainage Noc. 2 Subdrainage District No. 3 Board of Trustees, Michael P. Schropp, Dale D. Rief, and Frank J. Moran In Their Capacities as Members of The Board of Trustees of Pigeon Creek Drainage District No. 2 Subdrainage District No. 3, and Board of Supervisors of Pottawattamie County, Ex Rel., Honey Creek Drainage District No. 6 and Pigeon Creek Drainage District No. 2 Subdrainage District No. 3 | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief |
| 24-1745 | Sara Montague, Individually, and as Parent and Next of Friend of C.M., A Minor, and as The Duly Authorized Representative of The Estate of Robert McFarland, Deceased v. Beth Skinner, William Sperfslage, Samantha Tucker-Sieberg, Sarah Holder, Daniel Clark, Jeremy Larson, Michael Heinricy, Chad Kerker, Scott Eschen, Brian Tracy, Robert Hartig, Josh Baal, Tracy Dietsch, Jeremy Burds, Jon Day, Lucas Fowler, Ronnie Beemer, Lance Lake, Estate of Brian Ahlrichs, Michael Kray, Kurt Gillmore, Laurance McMahon, Brian Suthers, John Clark, Todd Dingbaum, and Jerome Greenfield | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 24-1752 | Alex Butter and Sydney Stodola v. Midwest Property Management IC LLC, d/b/a KMB Property Management and Ruby Investments LLC | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 24-1380 | Patrick Willhoite, Individually and as The Executor of The Estates of Margaret Ruth Willhoite and Michael Willhoite, and Jessie Gafeller, individually v. Genesis Health System, Dean A. Bunting, M.D., Joseph M. Phelan, M.D., Radiology Group, P.C., S.C., Steven D. Lamer, D.O., Tenille M. Miller, A.R.N.P. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 24-1645 | Rhonda Baldwin, as Executor of The Estate of Garrett O. Baldwin, v. Cetnral Iowa Hospital Corp., d/b/a/Iowa Methodist Medical Center | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 24-1813 | Worthwhile Wind, LLC v. Worth County Board of Supervisors | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 24-1972 | Margaret Lofgren, Both Individually and as Administrator of The Estate of Louden P. Lofgren v. Thomas Simpson, M.D. and ENT Medical Services, P.C. | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 24-2031 | Amanda Cooke v. Iowa Department of Health and Human Services | Appellant Brief Appellee Brief |
| 25-0220 | Patty Thorington, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of Robert Ronald Mitchell v. Scott County, Iowa and Greg Hill | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 25-0462 | In Re: Ezra L. Totten Scholarship | Appellant Brief |
Tuesday, September 9, 2025
Wednesday, September 10, 2025
| 9:00 a.m. | 23-2016 | State of Iowa v. Christopher Hidlebaugh | Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 9:00 a.m. | 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 |
| 9:00 a.m. | 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 |
| 1:30 p.m. | 24-0239 | State of Iowa v. Austin Dean Mahana | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
| 1:30 p.m. | 24-0769 | State of Iowa v. Lynn Melvin Lindaman | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief |
| 1:30 p.m. | 23-1402 | Den Hartog Industries and West Bend Mutual Insurance Company v. Tyler Dungan | Application for Further Review Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief |
Tuesday, September 16, 2025
| 7:00 p.m. | 25-0011 | State Public Defender v. Iowa District Court for Scott County | Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief |
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