By Ryan Koopmans
Today the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that a surviving husband who elects against his wife’s will is not entitled to any portion of her pay-on-death (POD) assets that pass outside of probate. The case, Estate of Myers, …
[The following summary was written by Ryan Stefani, a law clerk in Nyemaster Goode’s summer program.]
On July 27, 2012, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled that filmmakers who received tax credits from the state must disclose their final budget summar …
The Iowa Supreme Court entered opinions in six cases during November 2023. You can read Rox Laird’s summary State v. Amisi at the link here. The remaining opinions from November are summarized below.
There is no time limit on law-enforcement traffic stops before the line is crossed into a Fourth Amendment violation, the Iowa Supreme Court said in a Dec. 8 decision, and courts must thoroughly examine the record to determine where to draw that line in each case.
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in eight cases Dec. 13 and 14. Three other cases will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Go to On Brief’s “Cases in the Pipeline” page to read briefs filed in these cases. Following are brief summaries of the December cases.
The Iowa Court of Appeals selects certain opinions for publication within the North Western Reporter. On December 1, 2023, the Court of Appeals selected three opinions for publication, summarized below.
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