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Iowa AG plans to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of injunction blocking enforcement of state’s immigration law

Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has informed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that the State of Iowa will be seeking review by the U.S. Supreme Court of the Eight Circuit’s October 2025 ruling affirming the district court’s preliminary injunction barring enforcement of Iowa’s statute that makes it a state crime for a noncitizen previously deported to reenter the state.

U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear Iowa Insurance Commissioner’s appeal of Iowa Supreme Court decision

by Rox Laird | 3.02

The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear the Iowa Insurance Commissioner’s appeal of a 2020 Iowa Supreme Court decision that the Federal Arbitration Act preempts Iowa’s statute governing liquidation of a failed insurance company. The U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of certiorari in the appeal of…

Definition of ‘confidential’ government records broadened by U.S. Supreme Court in South Dakota decision

by Rox Laird | 6.27

A Sioux Falls, S.D., newspaper’s appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court on its federal Freedom of Information Act request for grocery stores’ food stamp records resulted in a reversal for the newspaper and for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. And businesses…

Eighth Circuit case on food-stamp records to be argued at U.S. Supreme Court April 22

by Rox Laird | 4.19

The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Monday in a case from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that likely will decide whether a Sioux Falls, S.D., newspaper should have access to food-stamp spending at specific retail stores. Considerable interest has…

U.S. Supreme Court denies Iowan’s appeal challenging Fourth Amendment exception

by Rox Laird | 12.04

The U.S. Supreme Court will not hear an appeal from an Iowa man who argued that his drunk-driving conviction was the product of an unconstitutional search and seizure. The Court on Monday issued a list of cases considered at the justices’ Nov. 30 conference, and…

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Iowa AG plans to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of injunction blocking enforcement of state’s immigration law

U.S. Supreme Court won’t hear Iowa Insurance Commissioner’s appeal of Iowa Supreme Court decision

Definition of ‘confidential’ government records broadened by U.S. Supreme Court in South Dakota decision

Eighth Circuit case on food-stamp records to be argued at U.S. Supreme Court April 22

U.S. Supreme Court denies Iowan’s appeal challenging Fourth Amendment exception

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