Articles Tagged: Iowa Supreme Court

The new guidance adheres to a 2024 state law that allows county attorneys to carry guns in courtrooms, and creates a framework for allowing judges to carry.

The Iowa Supreme Court heard oral arguments Wednesday in a case to determine whether state courts can bill low-income Iowans for the cost of their court-appointed defense attorney when criminal charges against the person have been dismissed.

The Iowa Supreme Court is set to decide whether Davenport city employees are immune from liability in a court case regarding the 2023 partial building collapse that killed three people, injured another person and displaced numerous residents.

A divided Iowa Supreme Court last week upheld two laws restricting firearm access, one related to domestic violence protective orders and the other to possession of illegal drugs while carrying a weapon.

A sharply divided Iowa Supreme Court has affirmed a lower court’s decision dismissing a former prisoner’s claim for damages due to wrongful imprisonment.

A former deputy police chief suggested he cuff and pat down a custodian with whom he attempted to cultivate a relationship. The Iowa Supreme Court said his conduct was not severe enough to warrant legal action.

The Iowa Supreme Court will allow families of four Tyson Waterloo plant workers who died of COVID in 2020 to go forward with negligence suits against executives and supervisiors, but not against the company.

A bitcoin company is granted an appeal for over $28,000 in seized cash retrieved from bitcoin ATMs last year. The cash was seized in a fraud investigation. A district court judge had ordered the money to be returned to the alleged fraud victims -- but the Iowa Supreme Court disagreed.

The Iowa Supreme Court has reversed a district court decision that cleared the way for election officials to distribute voter materials in languages other than English.

The Iowa Supreme Court has removed from the bench a magistrate who questioned the veracity of an alleged sexual assault victim because he was a teenage male and asked whether a defendant in a separate case was a “wetback.”

Also, the Iowa House halted a bill that would have changed the makeup of boards that nominate Iowa judges.

A Fayette County-based Iowa magistrate who used a racial slur in court to refer to a defendant is now facing potential sanctions from the Iowa Supreme Court.

Children should be allowed to testify in Iowa courts remotely, rather than being forced to face their alleged abusers — on that, Iowa lawmakers agree. But lawmakers disagree on how exactly to ensure that protection, which was erased by a recent Iowa Supreme Court decision.

A Cedar Rapids police officer disciplined after refusing to have his picture taken for a photo display at headquarters appealed his case against the city up to the Iowa Supreme Court — and lost when justices said Friday his rights weren’t violated.

The question was at the heart of a discussion about Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird’s proposal to amend the Iowa Constitution to allow children to testify remotely