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Iowa Supreme Court makes a call for the State in ‘Field of Dreams’ film case

The Iowa Economic Development Authority had the authority to claw back tax credits approved for a documentary film about Iowa’s mystical Field of Dreams baseball story, the Iowa Supreme Court said in a read more

Iowa Supreme Court Preview: Justices will hear arguments in 10 cases this week

by Rox Laird | 1.15

The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in 10 cases Jan. 17 and 18 that raise an array of issues ranging from whether a father must pay his daughter’s sorority dues to a question of a county’s liability for a traffic accident. Two other cases will be submitted to the Court without oral a …

Search ends at personal belongings in a targeted-warrant case, the Iowa Supreme Court rules

by Rox Laird | 1.11

Danielle Brown was one of five people in the bedroom of a house when a Des Moines police SWAT team swarmed in to execute a warrant naming a male occupant of the house to be searched for drugs and weapons. Brown was not named in the warrant but police searched her purse and found a small amount …

Question to Iowa Supreme Court: Who are the legal parents of a child born of a surrogate mother?

by Rox Laird | 12.19

A case before the Iowa Supreme Court this term poses profound questions of law, biology, genetics and human rights:

Who are the legal parents of a child produced from donated genetic material and born of a surrogate mother?

Eighth Circuit upholds Sorenson prison sentence for lying about taking money for political endorsements

by Rox Laird | 12.13

Former Iowa State Sen. Kent Sorenson’s 15-month sentence in federal prison for lying about taking payments for political endorsements was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit in St. Louis Tuesday.

Federal prosecutors had recommended …

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The State of Iowa, not employees, must pay dues owed to union, Iowa Supreme Court rules

The State of Iowa violated a collective bargaining agreement with a State employees’ union by refusing to deduct union dues from members’ paychecks as required by the agreement, the Iowa Supreme Court said in a ruling handed down Oct. 27 …

Federal appeals court to hear arguments in three cases at Drake Law School Oct. 26

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit will hear arguments in three Iowa cases at Drake University Law School Oct. 26. The session is scheduled to begin at 1 p.m. at the Neal and Bea Smith Law Center at 2400 University.

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals, which has courthouses in St. Lou …

No right to self representation in civil commitment case, Iowa Supreme Court rules

A person challenging involuntary commitment for mental illness does not have a right to self representation in state court proceedings, the Iowa Supreme Court held in a decision handed down Oc. 13.

An Iowa prison inmate, identified as V.H …

Question before Iowa Supreme Court: Is it enough to say a cow does not belong on a highway?

A driver whose vehicle collides with a cow wandering on a highway might logically assume the owner of the cow is, by definition, responsible for the driver’s injuries and damage to the vehicle. By that logic, the injured driver shouldn’t have to provide evidence of precisely how the owner failed to prevent the cow’s mea …

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