Iowa Adopts the Responsible Corporate Officer Doctrine for Environmental Civil Penalties—But Requires Defendant-Specific Minimum Contacts for Personal Jurisdiction Introduction In State of Iowa, ex...
Iowa Extends Turner’s Reasonableness Framework to Article I, Section 7 Prison-Speech Claims (and Rejects “Rational-Basis-by-Common-Sense”) Case: Leonard Gregory, Dee J. Radeke, Sean O'Geary, Jerry...
Amendment 1A Strict Scrutiny Requires the State to Justify Lifetime Firearm Bans for Misdemeanor Domestic-Abuse Convictions (As Applied) I. Introduction Case: State of Iowa v. Eric Martin Schadl...
Contempt Requires Personal Show-Cause Notice to Each Proposed Contemnor and a Reasonable Time to Defend I. Introduction In Eagle Rise Development, LLC, Troy Scott Wilbur and Alexander Scott Wilbur v....
“Attempted Purchase” Human Trafficking Under Iowa Code § 710A.1(4)(b) (2024) Requires an Actual Victim or Actual Trafficker (Pre-2025 Sting Limitation) I. Introduction Case: State of Iowa v. Kevin...
Iowa Supreme Court: Force Majeure Suspends Default/Cure Mechanics, and a Contract Breach Alone Cannot Support Tortious Interference with a Third-Party Contract 1. Introduction In 5th and Walnut...
“Driving” as a Term of Art Under Iowa Code ch. 673, and the High Evidentiary Bar for the Recklessness Exception Case: Janey Shafer v. Frank Santana (Supreme Court of Iowa, June 12, 2026) Disposition:...
Law-of-the-Case Bars New Statutory Theories and Certificate-of-Merit Attacks in Successive Interlocutory Appeals Introduction Charlene Jorgensen and Michael Jorgensen v. Adam B. Smith, M.D., Adam B....
Child Endangerment After Cole: Risk of Death to One Child Can Establish Substantial Emotional-Harm Risk to Siblings Present Case: State of Iowa v. Victoria Linda Nichole Gibbs (Iowa Sup. Ct. June 12,...
State v. Mahana: Iowa’s Felon-in-Possession Ban Upheld Under Bruen/Rahimi and (As Applied) Strict Scrutiny Under Iowa Const. art. I, § 1A Case: State of Iowa v. Austin Dean Mahana Court: Supreme...
UPMIFA “Impracticability” for Race-Restricted Scholarships After SFFA and Donor-Intent–Consistent Modification I. Introduction In re Ezra L. Totton Scholarship (Iowa June 5, 2026) addresses how Iowa...
Iowa Tax Statutes Construed by Ordinary Meaning; Unattached Commercial Storage Tanks Are Nontaxable “Equipment” Under Iowa Code § 427A.1(1)(d) 1. Introduction In Chickasaw County Board of Review v....
“Related Series of Violations” Caps Iowa Code § 479B.21(1) Civil Penalties at $200,000 When Noncompliance Stems from a Single Permitting Failure I. Introduction In Enterprise Products Operating, LLC...
Retroactive Enforcement of Iowa Code § 147.140: A Certificate of Merit Must Be Signed Under Oath or Penalty of Perjury and Noncompliance Requires Dismissal With Prejudice 1. Introduction In Michelle...
Implicit Rejection Preserves Error in Workers’ Compensation Appeals; Employers Not Bound by Their Treating Physician’s Causation Opinion Case: Jerry Hayes v. Christian Retirement Homes, Inc., d/b/a...
Wyldes v. State: Postconviction “New Science” Challenges to Firearm Toolmark and Shoeprint Evidence Require Proof of a Probably Different Verdict 1. Introduction In Donald Lee Wyldes, Jr. v. State of...
Iowa Savings Statute Applies After Voluntary Dismissal Triggered by Post-Miller Certificate-of-Merit Defect Absent Negligence 1. Introduction Case: Michael Trask v. Amar F. Ahmed, M.D.; Sandro...
Habitual Offender Enhancement Under Iowa Code § 902.8 Depends on Two Prior Convictions—Hollins Sequencing Limited to Same‑Day Convictions 1. Introduction State of Iowa v. Richard Allen Sharples...
Iowa: Certificate of Merit Not Required for Informed-Consent Claims Under Iowa Code § 147.140 Case: Margaret Lofgren, both individually and as administrator of the Estate of Louden P. Lofgren v....
No “Substantial Compliance” Under Iowa Code § 147.140 Without a Jurat or the Words “Penalty of Perjury,” and No Untimely Cure Absent § 147.140(4) Case: Teresa Marie Rarick and Richard Dee Rarick v....