By Ryan Koopmans
Tomorrow the Iowa Supreme Court will decide an issue that may ultimately determine whether Iowa’s campaign-finance laws are constitutional under Citizens U …
Iowa Supreme Court to Decide Campaign Finance Issue Tomorrow
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Iowa Supreme Court Will Issue Opinions in Three Cases Tomorrow
By Ryan Koopmans
The Iowa Supreme Court will issue decisions in three cases tomorrow (Friday, December 23): State v. Rodriguez, Koeppel v. Speirs, and Miller v. Speirs.
All thre …
Iowa Supreme Court Excludes Testimony Under the Confrontation Clause
By Ryan Koopmans
The Iowa Supreme Court decided today in State v. Rainsong th …
Iowa Supreme Court Affirms Workers’ Compensation Commissioner’s Award of Benefits in a Battle of the Experts
Iowa Supreme Court to Issue Four Opinions Tomorrow
By Ryan Koopmans
Tomorrow, the Iowa Supreme Court will file opinions in Oberillig v. West Grand Towers Condo. Association, Cedar Rapids Community School District v. Pease, Brandon v. Iowa District Court, and State …
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Iowa Supreme Court’s 2023-24 term begins with oral arguments Sep. 13-14
The Iowa Supreme Court is set to begin its 2023-24 term with oral arguments Sept. 13 and 14 in Des Moines. The justices will travel to the Waverly-Shellrock High School for an evening oral argument on Sept. 19 and to the University of Iowa Law School on Sept. 29. The Court will also go on the road in October, February, and …
A statistical review of the 2022-2023 Iowa Supreme Court term
[This article by Matthew A. McGuire, Spencer S. Cady, and Chris E. Slack was originally published in the August 2023 issue of The Iowa Lawyer magazine.]
In our analysis of the 2020- …
U.S. Supreme Court on California’s Proposition 12: Banning imports of pork from ‘cruel’ treatment not unconstitutional – at least for now
Most every state was affected one way or another by decisions handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in its recently ended term. A decision upholding California’s restriction on the sale of certain pork products in the state of California, however, may have an outsize impact on Iowa, which is the No. 1 pork producer and ex …
Iowa Supreme Court rules that Iowa Utilities Board must consider alternatives to a public utility’s plan for managing emissions
In an opinion filed on April 28, 2023, the Iowa Supreme Court in Environmental Law and Policy Center v. Iowa Utilities Board ruled under Iowa Code section 476.6 the Iowa Utilities Board erred in not considering certain intervenors’ evidence when approving MidAmerican Energy’s required biennial plan and budget f …
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