Iowa Supreme Court 2016-17 Preview: Can Iowa courts create damage claims for constitutional violations?
A long-running legal battle over Gov. Terry Branstad’s effort to remove a top state regulatory official could take on a historic constitutional dimension at the Iowa Supreme Court.
The court on Sept. 14 is scheduled to hear oral arguments in the case of …
It’s still Cady’s Court: Our statistical review of the Iowa Supreme Court’s 2015-16 term
By Ryan Koopmans
Here’s a look at the Iowa Supreme Court’s 2015-16 term, by the numbers. If there’s a theme this year, it’s what we put in the title: It’s still Cady’s Court. In addition to being the Chief–which, by itself, is enough to give t …
Iowa Supreme Court 2016-17 Preview: Will Iowa Court chart a new course in boating case?
When the Iowa Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a drunken boating case next month, it will feel like déjà vu.
That’s because the court first heard oral arguments in the case a year ago, and it sat on the court’s back burner for several months. I …
Judge Bright calls federal sentences of Native Americans unfair in Iowa case
A sentence of life in prison for a resident of the Meskwaki Settlement in Iowa illustrates how Native Americans are treated more harshly under federal law than state or tribal law, a federal appeals-court judge said in a dissenting opinion last week.
“I …
Iowa Supreme Court 2016-17 Preview: Must the State protect public from released sex offenders?
When Iowa releases a convicted sex offender confined under the State’s civil commitment statutes, does the State have a duty to protect the public from harm?
The answer is yes, according to the family of a woman allegedly sexually assaulted by a convict …
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Iowa Supreme Court reduces frivolous litigation penalty assessed against a party.
A trial court’s sanction for frivolous litigation in a protracted legal battle over a Johnson County land development was reduced by the Iowa Supreme Court. The sanction was levied against …
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
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 … 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 …Iowa Supreme Court Preview: Justices will hear arguments in 10 cases this week
Search ends at personal belongings in a targeted-warrant case, the Iowa Supreme Court rules
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