By Ryan Koopmans
Iowa Right to Life is taking its case to the Eighth Circuit. Last year the organization challenged the constitutionality of Iowa’s new campaign finance in federal court in Des Moines. Chief Judge Robert Pratt dismissed the case l …
By Ryan Koopmans
Today the Eighth Circuit reinstated a political discrimination lawsuit against Carolyn Jones, the former dean of the Univ …
By Ryan Koopmans
The Eighth Circuit announced yesterday that the en banc court (all eleven active judges) will again consider South Dakota’s 2005 law on informed consent of abortion. The full court considered portions of the law in 2008, v …
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in eight cases April 10 and 11. Four other cases will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Following are brief summaries of the April arguments.
The Iowa Supreme Court entered opinions in eighteen cases during February 2024. You can read Rox Laird’s analysis of Singh v. McDermott, Selden v. DMACC, and Senator Roby Smith et al. v. Iowa District Court for Polk County. The remaining opinions from February are summarized here.
A two-judge majority of an Iowa Court of Appeals panel affirmed a Polk County District Court ruling vacating an arbitration award in a case involving financial regulation. The third member of the panel dissented, saying the majority and the trial court erred in substituting their conclusions …
Is a replica of a 19th century muzzleloader rifle a “firearm” under Iowa law? No, argues a Burlington man convicted of possessing a firearm in violation of state law.
That question is the heart of an appeal to be argued before the Iowa Supreme Court in a special session April 2 in Bondurant. The oral argument, which …
On Brief: Iowa’s Appellate Blog is devoted to appellate litigation with a focus on the Iowa Supreme Court, the Iowa Court of Appeals, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
