Two years ago the Iowa Supreme Court overruled a quarter-century-old precedent that established an exclusive test for determining whether a criminal jury reflects a fair cross section of the community. In its decision in Thongvanh v. State ha …
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Iowa Supreme Court to hear oral arguments in eight appeals Jan. 22 and 23
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in eight cases Jan. 22 and 23, and three appeals will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Following are brief summaries of the cases. Go to On Brief’s Cases in the Pipeline page to read briefs submitte …
Acting Chief Justice Wiggins to deliver State of the Judiciary speech to the Legislature Jan. 15
Acting Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court David Wiggins will deliver the 2020 State of the Judiciary address to the Iowa General Assembly Jan. 15. The speech will be given to a joint session of both houses of the Legislature in the Iowa House chamber beginning at 10 a.m.
A public reception will follow in the Iowa Su …
Statutory enforcement of workplace drug test violations the exclusive remedy, Iowa Supreme Court rules
A person cannot bring a common-law claim for wrongful discharge for a violation of a state statute that governs employer drug and alcohol testing procedures because the statute provides a civil remedy for violations of the statute, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled unanimously in a read more
Iowa Supreme Court set to begin three days of oral arguments Dec. 16.
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in 13 appeals Dec. 16, 17 and 18, and another four cases will be submitted without oral argument. The Court scheduled the unusually large number of arguments over three days to hear five cases that were postponed from the November calendar following the Nov. 15 death of Chief …
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Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in seven appeals Tuesday and Wednesday
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in seven cases Nov. 16 and 17, and seven other cases will be submitted to the court without oral arguments.
Following are brief summaries of the November cases. Go to On Brief’s “Cases in the Pipeline” page to read briefs su …
Esquire magazine seeks new hearing on Eighth Circuit defamation ruling involving Iowa dairy farm
The publisher of Esquire magazine is asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit to reconsider its Sept. 15 panel ruling that the magazine published potentially defamatory statements about California Congressman Devin Nunes and his family’s dairy farm in Iowa.
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The Iowa Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in 10 appeals Oct. 20 and 21. Another four cases will be submitted to the Court without argument. Following are summaries of 12 of those cases. Go to On Brief’s Cases in the Pipeline page to read briefs in these appea … An O’Brien County man is urging the Iowa Supreme Court to establish a more stringent standard under the Iowa Constitution for conducting roadside searches of passengers of a vehicle pulled over for a routine traffic stop. The appeal in State v. Hauge will be heard at 1:30 p.m. Oct. 8 at the University of Iowa …Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in 10 cases Wednesday and Thursday
Iowa Supreme Court to again look at question of removing passengers from vehicles during roadside stops
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