The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday that a warrantless breath test used to prosecute Dale Pettijohn for operating a boat while …
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A splintered Iowa Supreme Court reverses $1.4 million employment judgment
Supreme Court’s lottery ruling a lesson for Iowa law enforcement
Law enforcement authorities who dilly-dally in investigating crimes face the prospect of losing at trial because the statute of limitations clock has run out, the Iowa Supreme ruled Friday.
The Court threw out the 2015 conviction of Eddie Tipton, a former M …
Juvenile sentencing ruling exposes deep fissure on Iowa Supreme Court
Deer quarantine law doesn’t extend to hunting preserves, Iowa Supreme Court rules
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources went too far when it quarantined a 330-acre hunting preserve to prevent the spread of a deer disease, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Friday. But the Court held that the quarantine did not amount to a government “taking” of the owners’ property under …
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Definition of ‘confidential’ government records broadened by U.S. Supreme Court in South Dakota decision
A Sioux Falls, S.D., newspaper’s appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on its federal Freedom of Information Act request for grocery stores’ food stamp records resulted in a reversal for the newspaper and for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. And businesses now will have a strong …
Applications now open to replace Chief Judge Vogel
The State Judicial Nominating Commission is accepting applications through July 22 for a vacancy on the Iowa Court of Appeals, the Supreme Court has
The Iowa Supreme Court released rulings in five cases today, which by On Brief’s count will leave seven cases to be decided before the 2018-19 term is scheduled to end June 28. In July, the Court begins a two month term devoted to court rules and administrative matters.
The Iowa Supreme Court on June 7 reversed a $4.5 million jury verdict in an employment discrimination suit, and sent the case back for retrial with a new standard to be used in jury instructions that could give the defendant a new defense. Gregory Hawkins, …Iowa Supreme Court nears the end of its 2018-19 term with seven decisions remaining in the pipeline
Iowa Supreme Court sets new standard in employment discrimination cases
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