IOWA SUPREME COURT CASES IN THE PIPELINE

2020-2021 TERM // 2021-2022 TERM

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September 2020
Case No.	Case Name	Briefs	Supreme Court Opinion
20-0582	In the Interest of Z.P.	Court of Appeals Opinion	Opinion
October 2020
Case No.	Case Name	Briefs	Supreme Court Opinion
20-1281	DSCC v. Pate	No briefs vailable.	Opinion
19-0109	State v. Johnson, Jr.	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Appellant Brief	Opinion
20-1249	League of United Latin American Citizens of Iowa v. Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Brief – Intervenor Amicus Brief	Opinion
19-0892	State v. Johnson	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
18-1777	State v. Uranga	Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Appellant Brief	Opinion
18-1545	Terry v. Dorothy	Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Appellant Brief	Opinion
November 2020
Case No.	Case Name	Briefs	Supreme Court Opinion
19-1572	Freer v. DAC, Inc.	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-1433	State v. Thompson	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-0214	State v. Davis	Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief	Opinion
19-0849	State v. Casper	Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief	Opinion
19-0551	State v. Roby	Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief	Opinion
December 2020
Case No.	Case Name	Briefs	Supreme Court Opinions
19-0454	State v. Boothby	Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Appellant Brief	Opinion
18-0733	State v. Buelow	Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Appellant Amended Brief Appellant Reply Brief	Opinion
20-0854	In the Interst of J.H., Minor Child	Court of Appeals Opinion	Opinion
20-0833	In the Interst of N.C., Minor Child	Court of Appeals Opinion	Opinion
19-0925	State v. El-Amin	Court of Appeals Opinion Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
18-1215	State v. Shackford	Court of appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Biref Application for Further Review	Opinion
19-1814	State v. Hawk	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1697	State v. Barrett, Jr.	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
18-1966	Benskin, Inc. v. West Bank	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1278	Wagner v. State	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Reply Brief Continuing Case Order	Opinion
January 2021
Case No.	Case Name	Briefs	Supreme Court Opinion
20-0126	State v. Wieneke	Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-0431	No Boundry LLC v. Hoosman	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review	Opinion
19-0089	State v. Waigand	Appellee Brief Appellant Brief Application for Further Review	Opinion
19-1159	State v. Boldon	Appella nt Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
18-1623	State v. Ernst	Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Appellant Brief	Opinion
February 2021
Case No.	Case Name	Briefs	Supreme Court Opinion
19-1598	State ex rel. Dickey v. Besler	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1259	State v. Thompson	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0330	In the Interest of D.D., Minor Child	Court of Appeals Opinion	Opinion
19-2088	In re: Guardianship and Conservatorship of Radda	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-1614	State v. Struve	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-0981	State v. Buman	Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-1672	Earley v. Board of Adjustment	Appellee Brief Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review	Opinion
19-1558	Clark v. State	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
March 2021
Case No.	Case Name	Briefs	Supreme Court Opinion
19-0267	State v. Warren	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Appellant Brief	Opinion
18-2197	State v. Swift	Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Appellant Brief	Opinion
18-2039	Wermerskirchen v. Canadian National Railroad	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Reply Brief	Opinion
20-1371	In re C.Z.	No Bries available.	Opinion
20-1032	In the Interest of A.B. and I.B., Minor Children	Court of Appeals Opinion Application for Further Review	Opinion
20-0303	Jones v. The Glenwood Golf Corp	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-2078	Kostoglanis v. Yates	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1994	Commerce Bank v. McGowen	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-0491	GreatAmerica Financial Services Corp. v. Natalya Rodionova Medical Care, P.C.	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-1640	Lewis v. Howard L. Allen Investments, Inc.	Appellee Allen Biref Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-1066	Valles v. Mueting	Appellee Dr. Mueting, Dr. Liewer and Northwest Emergency Physicians, PC Brief Appellee Dr. Wingert and Dr. Ryder Brief Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief	Opinion
19-0725	State v. Hillery	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Application for Further Review	Opinion
19-0221	Fulps v. City of Urbandale	Appellant Reply Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
18-0296	Carter v. Carter	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-1674	Daniels v. Holtz	Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Application for Further Review Resistance of Application for Further Review Appellee Waiver of Brief	Opinion
18-2239	State v. Donahue	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Application for Further Review	Opinion
April 2021
Case No.	Case Name	Briefs	Supreme Court Opinion
20-1319	W.M. and W.D.	No briefs available.	Opinion
20-1266	A.B., A.C., and A.C.	No briefs available.	Opinion
20-0353	Becher v. State	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-2011	State v. Smith, Jr.	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-1721	Fortune v. State	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Reply Brief	Opinion
19-1397	Bribriesco-Ledger v. Klipsch	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
20-0563	Bauer v. Brinkman	Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Reply Brief Application for Further Reivew Resistance to Further Review	Opinion
19-2121	Toney v. Parker	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Reply Brief	Opinion
19-1571	Hrbek v. State	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Supplemental Pro Se Brief Supplemental Pro Se Reply Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-0759	Marek v. The City of Development Board of the State of Iowa	Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Applicaiton for Further Review Cross-Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-0048	Johnston v. Iowa Department of Transportation	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Applicaiton for Further Review Resistance to Further Review	Opinion
20-0335	State v. Holmes	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-0838	State v. Zacarias	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-0295	State v. Fontenot	Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Appellant Brief	Opinion
18-2116	State v. Dessinger	Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief	Opinion
20-0477	Sand v. Doe	Appellant Brief Appellant Supplemental Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Supplemental Brief Amicus Curiae Brief Amicus Curiae Supplemental Brief	Opinion
19-1349	Morris v. Legends Fieldhouse Bar & Grill LLC	Appellee Brief Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review	Opinion
19-1214	In the Matter of the Estate of Vera E. Cawiezell	Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-0674	Stateline Cooperative v. Iowa Property Assessment Appeal Board	Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Emmet County Board Brief Appellee Property Assessment Appeal Board Brief Emmet County Board Application for Further Review Emmet County Board Resistance to Application for Further Review Property Assessment Appeal Board Resistance to Further Review	Opinion
19-0008	re Estate of Glaser	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellant’s Application for Further Review Appellee Bowling Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review	Opinion
18-1737	State v. Goodson	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Appellant Brief	Opinion
May 2021
19-1162	Holmes v. Pomeroy	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-2082	State v. Tucker	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-1027	Xenia Rural Water District v. City of Johnston	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Iowa League of Cities Amicus Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
20-0710	Rilea v. State of Iowa	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Reply Brief	Opinion
19-1790	Barkalow v. Clark	Appellee Reply Brief Defendant-Appellee Clark Brief Plaintiff-Appellee Barkalow Brief Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief	Opinion
19-1669	Luigi’s, Inc. v. United Fire and Casualty Co.	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-1442	State v. Jordan	Court of Appeals Opinion Application for Further Review Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-1219	State v. McGee	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-0767	Rieder v. Segal	Appellee Brief Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Application for Further Review Iowa Association for Justice Amicus Brief Resistance to Further Review	Opinion
20-1406	In the Interest of A.W.	Court of Appeals Opinion	Opinion
20-0268	Liquor Bike, LLC v. Iowa District Court for Polk County	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Reply Brief	Opinion
20-0236	Koster v. Harvest Bible Chapel-Quad Cities	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Reply Brief	Opinion
18-1235	In the Matter of the Guardianship and Conservatorship of Marvin M. Jorgensen	Court of Appeals Opinion Appellee Brief Guardian Ad Litem Brief Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review	Opinion
19-1276	State v. Treptow	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-0241	NCJC, Inc. v. WMG, L.C.	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Application for Furher Review Appellant Application for Further Review	Opinion
June 2021
20-0822	Williams v. Bullock	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
20-0445	State v. Sewell	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
20-0023	Andrew v. Hamilton County Public Hospital	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Reply Brief	Opinion
19-0875	Poller v. Okoboji Classic Cars, LLC	Court of Appeals Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Reply Brief Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Application	Opinion
20-0698	EMC v. Shepard	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief The Depository Trust Co. Amicus Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
20-0545	Colwell v. MCNA Insurance Co.	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-1724	Buboltz v. Birusingh	Appellant Brief Appellant Surreply Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Reply Brief	Opinion
19-0180	State v. Wright	Court of Appeal Opinion Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-0734	State v. Kilby	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-1644	Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement v. State	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Amicus Brief of Iowa Cattleman’s Assoc., Pork Producers and Poultry Assoc. Amicus Brief of Iowa Cattleman’s Assoc. Amicus Brief of Iowa Farmers Union and Farm Aid Amicus Brief of Water Works Trustees of the City of DSM Amicus Brief of Agricultural Legal Defense Fund Amicus Brief of Drake Law Professors Hamilton Amicus Brief of Gulf Organized Fisheries in Solidarity and Hope, Inc.	Opinion
19-2016	Anderson v. State	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
19-2151	Guge v. Kassel Enterprises, Inc.	Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief	Opinion
20-0202	State v. Hahn	Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief	Opinion
20-0575	The Iowa Association of Business v. City of Waterloo	American Civil Liberties Union of Iowa Amicus Brief Appellant Reply Brief Appellees Brief NAACP Amicus Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
20-0135	Rumsey v. Woodgrain MillWork, Inc.	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief Appellant Brief	Opinion
19-1285	Doss v. State	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Application for Further Review	Opinion
19-0514	PSFS 3 Corporation v. Seidman	Appellants Gossett Brief Appellants Gossett Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellants Charlip Brief Appellants Charlip Reply Brief	Opinion
18-1464	Dix v. Casey’s Gen. Stores, Inc.	Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Appellee Reply Brief Appellees Cross-Appellants Resistance to Further Review Application for Further Review Amicus Brief of Iowa Association of Business and Industry Appellant Brief Appellant Cross-Appellee Resistance to Further Review	Opinion
19-0002	Woods v. Charles Gabus Ford, Inc	.Appellant Reply Brief Appellee Brief Application for Further Review Resistance to Further Review Appellant Brief	Opinion
20-0804	Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, Inc. v. Reynolds	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Reply Brief Amicus Brief – The Family Leader Foundation	Opinion
20-0343	Lukken v. Century, Inc.	Appellee Brief Appellee Fleischer Mt. Cresc. Brief Appellant Brief Appellant Reply Brief	Opinion
19-1954	Godfrey v. State	Appellant Brief Appellee Brief Appellant Reply Brief	Opinion

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