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Mitchell County will not seek U.S. Supreme Court review of steel wheel case
Court Strikes Down “Steel Wheel” Ban
By Ryan Koopmans
The Iowa Supreme Court has just released its decision in Mitchell County v. Zimmerman. Th …
Supreme Court Grants Further Review in Five Cases
By Ryan Koopmans
The Supreme Court announced today that on January 11 it granted further review in five cases:
A New Fast Track for Certified Questions?
By Ryan Koopmans
Sometimes issues of state law come up in federal cases. When that happens, and when the state law is unclear, federal courts can certify the question to the state’s highest court, asking it to weigh in. This certificati …
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Iowa Supreme Court enforces Florida post-nuptial agreement that wouldn’t be okay under Iowa law
[The following summary was written by Ethan Olson, a law clerk in Nyemaster Goode’s summer program.]
Is a post-nuptial agreement, entered into in Florida and with a Florida choice of law provision, enforceable in Iowa, even if it would normally be invalid as violating public policy? …
Iowa Supreme Court: Student can’t sue Drake Law School for allegedly keeping out service dog trainee
On Friday, the Iowa Supreme Court reversed the Iowa Court of Appeals and affirmed the trial court’s decision in
By Ryan Koopmans The Iowa Supreme Court won’t have to reconsider its ruling in
By Ryan Koopmans This morning, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Navarette v. California
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U.S. Supreme Court splits with the Iowa Supreme Court on anonymous tips of drunk driving
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