By Ryan Koopmans
Today, the the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts announced that Chief Justice John Roberts has n …
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Eighth Circuit: School May Punish Students For Out-Of-School Internet Speech
[The following summary was written by Nyemaster Goode attorney Colin Smith]
The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals recently overturned a lower district court’s ruling that stated that a Missouri High School’s suspension and re-assignment of two students who created a derogatory blo …
En Banc Eighth Circuit Rules Against Funeral Protesters in Free Speech Case
[The following summary was written by Nyemaster Goode attorney Colin Smith]
Recently the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit, in its en banc rehearing of Phelps-Roper v. City of Manchester
Eighth Circuit Rules That Healthcare Challengers Lack Standing
[The following summary was written by Nyemaster Goode attorney Colin Smith]
In one of the latest cases to come down in the wake of the United States Supreme Court’s landmark decision on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), the Eighth Circuit Court of Appea …
Eighth Circuit to District Court: Don’t Be Cruel
By Ryan Koopmans
In a dispute over the ownership of a vast collection of Elvis Presley memorabilia, the Eighth Circuit this week reversed a summary judgment order granted by the District Court for the Southern District of Iowa on a claim for conv …
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December 2023 Opinion Roundup
The Iowa Supreme Court entered opinions in fourteen cases during December 2023. You can read Rox Laird’s analysis of State v. Geddes, State v. Arrieta, Harding v. Sasso, and Hummel v. Smith and Hilts v. Smith. The remaining opinions from December are summarized below.
Iowa Supreme Court reverses jury verdict in DMACC pay discrimination case
Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) paid a female employee less than a male employee in a comparable position, but the pay differential did not amount to illegal discrimination, according to a Feb. 2 opinion by the Iowa Supreme Court.
Sandra Selden, an Application Support Analyst 2 in the DMACC information technolo …
Iowa Supreme Court: No class action status for chiropractors in antitrust suit against Wellmark
The Polk County District Court did not exceed its authority in denying class action status to a group of Iowa chiropractors suing Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield for alleged unlawful price fixing, the Iowa Supreme Court held in a Jan. 26 ruling.
Sex offender not eligible for release after serving prison sentence, Iowa Supreme Court rules
Stewart Schuman completed a prison sentence for sex crimes in 2012. But in the decade since, Shuman, who is now 69 years old, has been confined in a sex-offender treatment unit in the Cherokee Mental Health Institute following his civil commitment as a sexually violent predator.
In 2022 the Story County District Court ru …
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