In December the Iowa Court of Appeals ruled that the Harrison County Board of Supervisors violated the Iowa Open Meetings law.
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Iowa Supreme Court to Decide Whether Internal Whistleblowers are Protected from Termination under Public-Policy Doctrine
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 un …
Iowa Supreme Court Grants Further Review in Five Cases
By Ryan Koopmans
Today the Iowa Supreme Court granted further review in five cases:
Supreme Court Grants Further Review in Five Cases
By Ryan Koopmans
The Supreme Court announced today that on January 11 it granted further review in five cases:
Iowa Supreme Court Agrees to Consider Three Post-Conviction Relief Cases
By Ryan Koopmans
The Iowa Supreme Court announced today that it has granted further review in three post-conviction relief cases.
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Iowa Supreme Court: Union Pacific Railroad not liable for worker’s suicide
The Union Pacific Railroad Co. is not liable under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA) for the death of an employee who took his own life from emotional distress caused by his supervisor’ harassment, the Iowa Supreme Court held in a decision handed down April 25.
Kera Morgan, as administrator of her late husb …
Iowa Supreme Court removes judicial magistrate from bench for racially derogatory and ‘demeaning and sophomoric’ statements
The Iowa Supreme Court removed a part-time judicial magistrate from the bench in a unanimous decision issued April 18 for violations of the Iowa Code of Judicial Conduct in making a racially derogatory statement in an open court proceeding and by making a “demeaning and sophomoric” justification in a written order denying an arrest warrant.
Iowa Supreme Court revives suit against Polk County over rezoning decision on Family Leader project
Five individual plaintiffs living near a non-profit group’s proposed office and event center have standing to pursue claims alleging they would be injured by development in what is now an area zoned for agricultural use. The Iowa Supreme Court reached this conclusion in a decision handed down April 4.
Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in seven cases April 15 and 16
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in seven cases April 15 and 16. Two other cases will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Following are brief summaries of the April cases with the exception of one attorney discipline case.
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