By Ryan Koopmans
Oskaloosa, Saturday, December 14. The time? 1:45 a.m. Closing time.
Officer Blaine Shutts is on patrol. The location? V.F.W. Post #2237. Shutts sees two cars in a nearby lot with li …
By Ryan Koopmans
Oskaloosa, Saturday, December 14. The time? 1:45 a.m. Closing time.
Officer Blaine Shutts is on patrol. The location? V.F.W. Post #2237. Shutts sees two cars in a nearby lot with li …
By Ryan Koopmans
On Thursday, June 18, the Iowa State Bar Association appellate practice committee will put on a morning CLE as part of the ISBA’s annual meeting. For anyone who practices before Iowa’s appellate courts–or for anyone who wants …
By Ryan Koopmans
This morning, Iowa Court of Appeals Judge Richard Doyle reminds us why the appendix shouldn’ …
By Ryan Koopmans
Today the Iowa Court of Appeals decided that “printing a judicial election ballot on the same piece of paper as the general election ballot” will not lead to a “constitutional crisis,” and thus there is insufficient justi …
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in 11 cases Feb. 19-21. Go to On Brief’s “Cases in the Pipeline” page to read briefs filed in these cases. Following are brief summaries of the February cases.
The Iowa Supreme Court will hold a special evening session in Des Moines Feb. 19 to hear oral arguments in a case involving the right of a criminal suspect in police custody to contact a lawyer or family member.
Oral arguments are ordinarily held during mornings or early afternoons in Des Moines, but each term the Court …
Was it enough for a truck driver who struck a cow on the interstate, seeking to prove the cow’s owner was negligent, to rely upon the very fact that the cow had been allowed to wander onto the highway in the first place?
Not without more, the Iowa Supreme Court said in a
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.December 2023 Opinion Roundup
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