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 Court of Appeals selects certain opinions for publication within the North Western Reporter. In September 2023, the Court of Appeals selected six opinions for publication, summarized below.
In the nearly six decades since the Voting Rights Act was enacted by Congress, federal judges have assumed private parties could bring suits in federal court to enforce the law that prohibits state or federal election policies that deny the right to vote based on race or color.
That assumption was upended in a Nov. 20 de …
An edited video from a police officer’s body camera leading jurors to conclude a drunk-driving suspect failed a preliminary breath test should not have been allowed into evidence, the Iowa Supreme Court said in a ruling handed down Nov. 17 …
The Iowa Supreme Court entered opinions in seven cases during October 2023. You can find in-depth summaries of two cases at the following links:
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