Eighth Circuit Judicial Conference Features Justice Alito and Three Former Solicitors General
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City of Des Moines Asks Iowa Supreme Court to Reconsider Class Action Ruling
Iowa Supreme Court Grants Further Review in Five Cases
By Ryan Koopmans
Today the Iowa Supreme Court granted further review in five cases:
Eighth Circuit Upholds Minnesota’s Code of Judicial Conduct Against First Amendment Challenge
By Ryan Koopmans
Today the Eighth Circuit, sitting en banc, upheld three provisions of Minnesota’s Code of Judicial Conduct against a First Amendment challenge brought by a candidate for the Minnesota Supreme Court. The full court reversed a …
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The Tinkers go back to the Supreme Court
By Ryan Koopmans
Forty-five years after their free-speech victory over the Des Moines public schools, John and Mary Beth Tinker are going back to the Supreme Court.
In 1965, the Tinkers were among a group …
Iowa Supreme Court to weigh in on Workers’ Compensation battle over surveillance video
By Ryan Koopmans
The Iowa Supreme Court announced yesterday that it will decide whether and when an employer in a workers’ compensation case must turn over a surveillance video of an allegedly injured employee. The case, which pits business gr …
The case of the fainting juror and the doctor who did not tend to her
By Ryan Koopmans
Two doctors are sued for separate acts of alleged negligence against the same patient. During trial, a juror faints and one of the doctors tends to her. Assuming that’s cause for a mistrial in the case against the juror-trea …
Beard Update
By Ryan Leemkuil
Last month, the Eighth Circuit rejected Arkansas inmate Christopher Deaton’s request to grow a full-length beard for religious reasons. As we not …
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