By Ryan Koopmans
The Iowa Supreme Court recently weighed in on the new federal standard to survive a motion to dismiss.
In a tandem of rulings handed down in 2007 and 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court announc …
In Westling v. Hormel Foods Corporation, the Supreme Court of Iowa affirmed the denial of a claimant’s cl …
By Ryan Koopmans
The Iowa Supreme Court has just released its decision in Mitchell County v. Zimmerman. Th …
By Debra Hulett
In Oyens Feed & Supply, Inc. v. Primebank, the Iowa Supreme Court answered a certified question of law from …
A unanimous Iowa Supreme Court (with Justice Appel recused) ruled today that a corporation originally organized for purposes other than engaging in election activities does not need to follow the registrat …
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear an oral argument at the University of Iowa in a case that poses a question with an often-elusive answer under the Fourth Amendment: When does a reasonable person feel free to walk or drive away from a police encounter?
The oral argument in this case is set for 1:30 p.m. Sept. 29 at the Un …
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit will hear oral arguments in St. Louis Sept. 20 in two appeals brought by the State of Iowa defending statutes that make it illegal to trespass or to lie on a job application to gain entry with the intent of using cameras or electronic surveillance to publicly expose animal cr …
Did a law-enforcement officer step across a constitutional line when he touched the cab of a semi-tractor, seeming to direct a drug-detection dog where to sniff for the presence of potentially illegal drugs?
That is the question before the Iowa Supreme Court that will be argued Sept. 19 at Waverly-Shell Rock High School. …
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in six cases Sept. 13 and 14 at the Judicial Branch Building in Des Moines. Eight additional cases will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Following are brief summaries of the September cases. Go to On Brief’s “Cases in …
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.
