By Ryan Koopmans Today’s Des Moines Register contains this editorial on last week’s decision in Broadlawns Medical Center v. Des Moines Register and Tribune Company. The Register–the winning party in the case–concludes that the Court got it right. Our earlier coverage of the decision is here.
By Ryan Koopmans Tony Leys and Jeff Eckhoff report on the Des Moines Register’s victory yesterday in Broadlawns Medical Center v. Des Moines Register and Tribune Company. (See our earlier coverage here.) The Muscatine Journal’s Mike Ferguson reports on a recent speech by Chief Justice…
By Ryan Koopmans Today’s Des Moines Register contains this editorial: “Supreme Court gets it right again: Lawmakers can fix the law if they don’t like ruling.”
The Iowa Court of Appeals selects certain opinions for publication in the Northwestern Reporter. In July, the Court of Appeals selected two opinions for publication. Following are summaries of those opinions.
The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed dismissal of a human trafficking charge and clarified that, under the 2024 statute, a defendant cannot commit human trafficking by attempting to buy sex from a victim who does not exist.
In a 5–2 decision filed on June 12, 2026, the Iowa Supreme Court in State v. Gibbs upheld a mother’s three child endangerment convictions under Iowa Code section 726.6(1)(a). Chief Justice Christensen wrote the majority opinion, joined by Justices McDonald, Oxley, McDermott, and May. Justice Mansfield filed a partial dissent, joined by Justice Waterman, concurring as to two convictions but dissenting as to the third.
In a unanimous decision filed on May 22, 2026, the Iowa Supreme Court in State v. Hall held that a defendant need not be the person who initiated an encounter to commit harassment.
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