by Rox Laird | May 18, 2020
Legal challenges to the Iowa Legislature’s 2019 changes in the nominating process for Iowa appellate judges have reached the end of the road. The Iowa Supreme Court on May 15 denied applications for further review of two Iowa Court of Appeals rulings dismissing the...
by Rox Laird | May 1, 2020
The Iowa Supreme Court has granted further review of four rulings of the Iowa Court of Appeals. Following are brief summaries of those cases. Go to On Brief’s Cases in the Pipeline page to read the parties’ briefs and appellants’ applications for further review....
by Rox Laird | August 7, 2019
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in three criminal appeals on Aug. 8. Following are brief summaries of the three cases. For more information, go to On Brief’s Cases in the Pipeline page to read the briefs and other documents related to these appeals....
by Rox Laird | March 9, 2017
In December the Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that the Harrison County Board of Supervisors violated the Iowa Open Meetings law. Last week, the Iowa Supreme Court declined to review the lower court’s decision. That leaves in place the lower court’s ruling that the...
by Ryan Koopmans and Ryan Leemkuil | January 3, 2013
By Ryan Koopmans and Ryan Leemkuil If the Iowa legislature creates an express exception to the employment-at-will doctrine, may the courts carve out an even greater exception under the public-policy doctrine? Late last year, the Iowa Court of Appeals said yes in...
