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Iowa Supreme Court: Truncated phone hearing on parental rights violated jailed mother’s constitutional rights

A parent who is incarcerated and unable to attend a termination of parental rights hearing in person has a due process right to participate by telephone in the entire hearing, not just to give testimony, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled Nov. 30. The ruling contains...

Oral argument recap: Justices hear the case for and against prosecuting a child as an adult

by Rox Laird | 11.16

Justices of the Iowa Supreme Court grappled in an oral argument Tuesday with the question of prosecuting a 13-year-old as an adult under Iowa’s youthful offender statute. Noah Crooks, who was convicted of killing his mother when he was 13, was waived by a Mitchell...

Municipal water utility not protected from strict liability for main breaks, Iowa Supreme Court rules

With sex-affirming surgery case declared moot by Iowa Supreme Court, resolution of constitutional questions awaits a future case

Iowa Supreme Court holds Black defendant not harmed by juror strike, but three justices object to a race-related reference in juror questioning

Iowa Supreme Court unanimously overturns 2017 Godfrey precedent establishing direct damages claims under Iowa Constitution

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