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Judge Jane Kelly
By Ryan Koopmans
By a vote of 96-0, the Senate has confirmed Jane Kelly to serve as a judge on the United States …
Koopmans talks Iowa Supreme Court decisions on IPR’s River to River
Last week on Iowa Public Radio’s River to River, On Brief contributor Ryan Koopmans and University of Iowa law professors Song Richardson and Todd Pettys discussed four high-profile cases from the Iowa Supreme Court’s 2012-2013 term: read more
Iowa Supreme Court splits 4-3 in bar-fight case
By Ryan Koopmans
Bar Patron A taunts Bar Patron B, but B doesn’t respond in kind. The bar owner, wanting to avoid a fight, kicks A out of the bar, but B, who had remained calm during this entire time, goes out to the parking lot and assaults A. …
Anonymous Tips and Juvenile Sentencing: A Criminal End to the Iowa Supreme Court’s 2012-2013 Term
By Ryan Koompans
Before wrapping up its 2012-2013 oral argument calendar in April, the Iowa Supreme Court will hear two constitutional cases with potential national consequences.
Tomorrow, the seven-member …
Eighth Circuit Grants Rehearing En Banc to Settle Intra-Circuit Split
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Chief Justice Cady: “Voices of democracy,” not the Court, can alter Infamous Crimes Clause
In his opinion for the Iowa Supreme Court in Thursday’s voting rights decision, Chief Justice Mark Cady said expanding voting rights for convicted felons must come in response to the “voices of democracy.”
The question is, how might that happen? …
Lawsuit from fatal balcony fall goes back to Polk County court
When does Grandfather have the final say? Well, it depends on the facts.
That was the conclusion of the Iowa Supreme Court in an a …
SCOTUS ruling on blood-alcohol tests leads Iowa Supreme Court to delay boating-while-intoxicated case until next term
By Ryan Koopmans
As Rox wrote yesterday, the Iowa Supreme Court is (or at least was) expected to release a decis …
Iowa Supreme Court closing to the end of its 2015-16 term
The Iowa Supreme Court is expected to issue four rulings Friday as it heads into the final week of its 2015-16 term.
Among the exp …
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