Two Des Moines police detectives are not entitled to qualified immunity from civil liability for violating the Fourth Amendment rights of a woman who resisted their efforts to have access to her minor daughter suspected of being the victim of physical abuse, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit read more
Court of Appeals Judge David May elevated to Iowa Supreme Court by Governor Reynolds
Judge David May, who describes himself as a “regular person” who received “extraordinary blessings,” has risen to the pin
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![Iowa Supreme Court denies State’s bid for rehearing on standard of review for abortion regulations](https://iowaappeals.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Judicial-Branch-Building-2015-1080x675.jpg)
Iowa Supreme Court denies State’s bid for rehearing on standard of review for abortion regulations
On July 1 the State of Iowa filed a petition urging the Iowa Supreme Court to rehear its June 17 ruling on abortion in Planned Parenthood of the Heartland v. Reynolds. (Read our previous post on the Court’s prior ruling read more
![Divided Iowa Supreme Court strikes down precedent on animal confinements](https://iowaappeals.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Confinement-farm-1080x675.jpg)
Divided Iowa Supreme Court strikes down precedent on animal confinements
The Iowa Supreme Court in a 4-3 ruling handed down June 30 overturned a 2004 decision that created a path for challenging Iowa’s law protecting animal confinement operators from nuisance suits as a violation of the inalienable rights clause of the Iowa Constitution.
In that 2004 ruling, read more
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