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Iowa Supreme Court: An Estate’s Lawyer Is Not Automatically An Executor’s Personal Counsel
By Colin Smith
Does an attorney designated by an executor or administrator of an estate to assist in the distribution of property under a will owe an independent duty to represent the personal interests of the executor or administrator that hired the attorney? No, according to the …
This Week at the Iowa Supreme Court
By Ryan Koopmans
It’s a busy two days for the Iowa Supreme Court. Today, the justices will hear argument in eight cases, and tomorrow they’ll travel to Clarinda where they’ll take in two more cases and visit several Southwest Iowa schools. …
The Iowa Supreme Court in Primetime
By Ryan Koopmans
Tonight, at 7:00 p.m., the Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in Godfrey v. Branstad. The case is interesting, and since the Iowa Supreme Court normally holds its arguments during the day, this nighttime s …
Supreme Court Takes Up Two Cases from the Eighth Circuit
This morning, the United States Supreme Court agreed to review two cases from the Eighth Circuit Court of Ap …
Iowa Supreme Court Stays District Court Decision on the Juvenile Home
By Ryan Koopmans
The juvenile home in Toledo won’t be reopening in the near future. Today, the Iowa Supreme Court (per Justices Wiggins, Waterman, and Mansfield) read more
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Iowa Supreme Court 2016-17 Preview: Court asked to go further on juvenile sentences
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments this month in three cases that could add to a growing body of Iowa law regarding sentencing of juvenile criminal offenders.
In one case, the Court is urged to rule that the appellant’s mandatory minimum sentenc …
Police lights = Fourth Amendment seizure? Maybe
By Ryan Leemkuil
Would you feel free to drive away if a police officer pulled behind your parked car and turned on his cruiser’s emergency lights? Variants of this question were recently before the Iowa Supreme Court, the Eighth Circuit, and …
Ninth Circuit says that Iowa and other states cannot sue California over henhouse rules
A federal appeals court last week tossed out a lawsuit by Iowa and five other states claiming California’s restrictions on egg producers violate the Commerce Clause to th …
Mark Cady’s term as Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court renewed for another term
The Iowa Supreme Court has renewed Justice Mark Cady’s term as chief justice for another eight years, the court announced Thursday.
Cady …
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