Articles Tagged: Iowa Supreme Court

Watch as Major General Stephen E. Osborn, Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard, delivers the annual address to a joint session of the Iowa Legislature.

Watch Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Susan Christensen delivering the annual Condition of the Judiciary address to a joint session of the Iowa Legislature

State courts in Iowa cannot 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 ruled in a decision released Friday.

The Iowa Supreme Court, in a split decision, has ordered a new trial for a West Des Moines doctor, convicted of sexually abusing a child under the age of 10, over the use of one-way video testimony.

Iowa's auditor can be represented by his office's attorneys in a lawsuit over access to records concerning Davenport's nearly $2 million in settlements with three former employees, the Iowa Supreme Court ruled in a decision released Friday.

The city of Manchester will have to pay a $4.2 million jury award in the wrongful death suit filed by Colesburg parents against the city and a police officer. The jury held the city and police responsible for a fatal December 2020 crash involving their son.

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Davenport employees are not immune from liability in a lawsuit after the deadly partial collapse of a downtown apartment building in May 2023.

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.