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Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in nine appeals Nov. 18 and 19
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in nine cases Nov. 18 and 19. Eight more cases will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Following are brief summaries of the cases. Go to On Brief’s Cases in the Pipeline page to read briefs submitted to the...
Grant Wood paintings must remain at Coe College, Iowa Supreme Court rules
What is a non-profit institution to do when a gift becomes a burden? That is more or less the predicament Coe College found itself in when it learned that a collection of Grant Wood paintings given to the Cedar Rapids school decades earlier, and which had grown...
Challenge to judicial nominating process to be argued before Iowa Court of Appeals Nov. 6
The Iowa Court of Appeals will hear arguments Nov 6 at 1:30 p.m. in an appeal of the Polk County District Court’s dismissal of a suit challenging the Legislature’s April 2019 amendment changing the nominating process for Iowa appellate court judges. Cedar Rapids...
Nine cases to be argued before Iowa Supreme Court Oct. 21 and 22
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in nine cases Oct. 21 and 22, and four cases will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Following are brief summaries of the cases set for argument. Go to On Brief’s Cases in the Pipeline page to read the...
New chief judge elected, and other changes on the Iowa Court of Appeals
The Iowa Court of Appeals is changing with retirements and the arrival of new members. Judge Thomas Bower of Cedar Falls has been elected chief judge of the appeals court, the Judicial Branch announced Oct. 10. Judge Bower, appointed to the court in 2012, replaces...
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Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in nine appeals Nov. 18 and 19
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Grant Wood paintings must remain at Coe College, Iowa Supreme Court rules
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Iowa Supreme Court Oral Argument
Olutunde v. Iowa Department of Human Services, Case No. 17-1650
Standard Water Control System v. Jones, Case No. 17-2009
In the Interest of B.H.A., a minor, Case No. 18-0813
Sladeck v.Employment Appeal Board, Case No. 18-0981
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