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Iowa Supreme Court limits financial damages for victims of excessive force by law enforcement officers

JURIST

JANUARY 1, 2021

The Iowa Supreme Court ruled Thursday that plaintiffs cannot recover punitive damages from the state when a law enforcement officer uses excessive force. The Iowa Tort Claims Act (ITCA) prohibits an award of punitive damages against the state. Jensen had a gun at the scene and Officer Spece knew of his condition.

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Federal court temporarily blocks Iowa ban on mask mandates in public schools

JURIST

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

US federal judge Robert Pratt temporarily blocked the state of Iowa on Monday from enforcing a state law that prohibits public schools from requiring masks. Earlier this month, the ACLU of Iowa and several parents filed suit in federal court to challenge Iowa’s public school mask ban.

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Ford reaches $19.2M settlement with Iowa over false advertising claims

JURIST

MAY 25, 2022

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller Tuesday announced a $19.2 Ford is also subjected “to penalties under the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act if a court determines that Ford violated the settlement agreement.” settlement with Iowa over false advertising claims appeared first on JURIST - News. The post Ford reaches $19.2M

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Federal appeals court rules mask mandate ban must include exception for disabled children

JURIST

JANUARY 26, 2022

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Tuesday ruled that plaintiffs in The Arc of Iowa v. Under the terms of the injunction, Iowa’s ban on school mask mandates must include an exception for schools with disabled students who are at elevated risk due to COVID-19. for all schools.

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“Iowa Supreme Court dismisses alleged UIHC illicit insemination case; A case alleging a former University of Iowa OB-GYN chair non-consensually inseminated patients with his own sperm in the 1950s cannot go to trial”

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MARCH 14, 2025

“Iowa Supreme Court dismisses alleged UIHC illicit insemination case; A case alleging a former University of Iowa OB-GYN chair non-consensually inseminated patients with his own sperm in the 1950s cannot go to trial”: Jami Martin-Trainor of The Daily Iowan has this report.

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“Iowa legislator seeks oversight of Iowa Supreme Court; Bill would have allowed lawmakers to question justices, override rulings”

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

“Iowa legislator seeks oversight of Iowa Supreme Court; Bill would have allowed lawmakers to question justices, override rulings”: James Q. Lynch of The Gazette of Cedar Rapids has this report.

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Federal court vacates injunction barring enforcement of Iowa law prohibiting school mask mandate

JURIST

MAY 16, 2022

The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Monday vacated a preliminary injunction because it is now moot due to “the current conditions differ[ing] vastly from those prevailing when the district court addressed it.” Iowa Code § 280.31 or any other provision of law. .”

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Supreme Court of Iowa Finds Prosecution Properly Impeached 3 of its Own Witnesses in Murder Trial

EvidenceProf Blog

MARCH 5, 2021

Similar to its federal counterpart, Iowa Rule of Evidence 5-607 states that The credibility of a witness may be attacked by any party, including the party calling the witness. Rule 607 gets rid of the common law voucher rule, pursuant.

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Supreme Court of Iowa Reverses Murder Conviction, Finds Evidence of Suicidal Tendencies is Not Character Evidence

EvidenceProf Blog

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Iowa Rule of Evidence 5.404(a) states that Evidence of a person’s character or a trait of the person’s character is not admissible for the purpose of proving that the person acted in conformity therewith on a particular occasion.

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“Iowa Supreme Court justice asked to recuse himself from divorce appeal over alleged affair”

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APRIL 15, 2024

” The post “Iowa Supreme Court justice asked to recuse himself from divorce appeal over alleged affair” appeared first on How Appealing.

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“Iowa Supreme Court overturns 2017 ruling that allowed constitutional claims against state”

HowAppealing

MAY 5, 2023

“Iowa Supreme Court overturns 2017 ruling that allowed constitutional claims against state”: William Morris of The Des Moines Register has this report on a ruling that the Supreme Court of Iowa issued today.

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Supreme Court of Iowa Finds Portions of Administrative Code Dealing With Nursing Were Improperly Admitted at Criminal Trial

EvidenceProf Blog

MARCH 3, 2021

Similar to its federal counterpart, Iowa Rule of Evidence 5.403 states that Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or.

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“Transgender former nurse wins discrimination case against state at Iowa Supreme Court”

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APRIL 2, 2022

“Transgender former nurse wins discrimination case against state at Iowa Supreme Court”: William Morris has this front page article in today’s edition of The Des Moines Register. You can access yesterday’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Iowa at this link.

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8th Circuit allows Iowa book ban to take effect but rules for challengers on First Amendment issue

ABA Journal

AUGUST 14, 2024

A federal appeals court on Friday allowed an Iowa law to take effect that polices books in school libraries, saying a federal judge who blocked…

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Iowa Lawyer’s ‘Rhetorical Hyperbole’ Could Land Him 60 Day Suspension

Above The Law

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

The post Iowa Lawyer’s ‘Rhetorical Hyperbole’ Could Land Him 60 Day Suspension appeared first on Above the Law. Imagine being unemployed over a "That's what she said" joke.among other things.

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Overturning precedent, top Iowa court limits nuisance suits against hog farms

ABA Journal

JULY 5, 2022

The Iowa Supreme Court has made it more difficult for landowners to sue neighboring hog farms for nuisances created by pollution and odor. The state…

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“Gov. Kim Reynolds appoints appeals court Judge David May to Iowa Supreme Court”

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JULY 27, 2022

Kim Reynolds appoints appeals court Judge David May to Iowa Supreme Court”: Ian Richardson and Stephen Gruber-Miller of The Des Moines Register have this report. “Gov.

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“Iowa police: Excessive drinking, exposure killed daughter of Minnesota Supreme Court justice, Allina CEO; Her body was found in the parking lot of her Iowa State University sorority.”

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FEBRUARY 24, 2021

“Iowa police: Excessive drinking, exposure killed daughter of Minnesota Supreme Court justice, Allina CEO; Her body was found in the parking lot of her Iowa State University sorority.” ” Paul Walsh of The Minneapolis Star Tribune has this report.

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“Iowa court to see lawsuit alleging ‘gross negligence’ by Tyson during COVID-19 outbreaks”

HowAppealing

DECEMBER 30, 2021

“Iowa court to see lawsuit alleging ‘gross negligence’ by Tyson during COVID-19 outbreaks”: Nick Coltrain of The Des Moines Register has this report. And Brian Flood of Bloomberg Law reports that “ Tyson Worker Covid Death Suits Rightly Sent to Iowa State Court.”

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Rights group warns against North Dakota jury verdict ordering Greenpeace to pay $660m in liability

JURIST

MARCH 21, 2025

The DAPL is a “1,1172-mile underground oil pipeline” that transports oil from the “Bakken region in North Dakota, across South Dakota and Iowa, to Patoka, Illinois.” We will see Energy Transfer in court this July in the Netherlands. We will not back down. We will not be silenced.

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“Former Iowa Taco Bell worker wins at U.S. Supreme Court in wage-theft lawsuit”

HowAppealing

MAY 23, 2022

“Former Iowa Taco Bell worker wins at U.S. Supreme Court in wage-theft lawsuit”: William Morris of The Des Moines Register has this report.

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“How Iowa Supreme Court’s McDermott, Oxley have decided big cases”

HowAppealing

OCTOBER 21, 2022

“How Iowa Supreme Court’s McDermott, Oxley have decided big cases”: Laura Belin has this post at her “Bleeding Heartland” blog. The post “How Iowa Supreme Court’s McDermott, Oxley have decided big cases” appeared first on How Appealing.

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“Iowa Chief Justice: Court system ‘turned on its head’ but ‘did not succumb’ to pandemic.”

HowAppealing

JANUARY 13, 2021

“Iowa Chief Justice: Court system ‘turned on its head’ but ‘did not succumb’ to pandemic.” ” William Morris of The Des Moines Register has this report.

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Iowa Judge Tosses Book Ban That Would Have Barred The Use Of Pronouns In Schools

Above The Law

JANUARY 2, 2024

The post Iowa Judge Tosses Book Ban That Would Have Barred The Use Of Pronouns In Schools appeared first on Above the Law. Drafting is hard, even when everyone understands that you're trying to legislate bigotry.

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“No mask mandates in Iowa schools, for now, court rules; exceptions could be made in future”

HowAppealing

MAY 17, 2022

“No mask mandates in Iowa schools, for now, court rules; exceptions could be made in future”: Ian Richardson of The Des Moines Register has this report on a per curiam decision that the majority on a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit issued yesterday.

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“Court: University of Iowa officials can be held liable for First Amendment violations; Decision is ‘going to be very important for religious student groups across the country.'”

HowAppealing

MARCH 23, 2021

“Court: University of Iowa officials can be held liable for First Amendment violations; Decision is ‘going to be very important for religious student groups across the country.'” ” Vanessa Miller has this front page article in today’s edition of The Gazette of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. ” Ryan J.

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Iowa immigration law making illegal reentry a misdemeanor blocked by 8th Circuit

ABA Journal

JANUARY 29, 2025

Iowa cant enforce a law making it a crime for immigrants to be in the state if they reentered the country illegally after formerly being denied entry or ordered deported, a federal appeals court has ruled.

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Appeals court upholds 8-year prison sentence for Dakota Access Pipeline protester

JURIST

JUNE 7, 2022

The Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals Monday upheld a Dakota Access Pipeline protester’s 8-year prison term in a per curiam decision. Reznicek used a blowtorch to cut holes in the Dakota Access Pipeline in Iowa. Reznicek appealed the trial court’s decision, arguing that the court erred by enhancing the charges.

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Searing Lessons From a State Bar Complaint: A Lawyer’s Story

Attorney at Work

JUNE 23, 2022

My home state, Iowa, has disciplined an average of 68 attorneys (just under 1% of the number of practicing attorneys in the state) each year over the past decade. I’m an Iowa-based attorney and CPA. That is, not if you don’t allow it to become one. A rough extrapolation would suggest that perhaps thousands of attorneys across the U.S.

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“How Would This Supreme Court Rule on Book Banning? A lawsuit filed in federal court in Iowa is one of a number of cases that may eventually come before the Court. The key precedent is an instructive decision from 1982.”

HowAppealing

DECEMBER 10, 2023

“How Would This Supreme Court Rule on Book Banning? A lawsuit filed in federal court in Iowa is one of a number of cases that may eventually come before the Court. The post “How Would This Supreme Court Rule on Book Banning? The post “How Would This Supreme Court Rule on Book Banning?

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“Iowa Supreme Court does not have authority to reinstate 2018 fetal heartbeat bill, opponents’ attorneys argue; Attorneys for the groups that successfully challenged the law in 2019 filed their response to recent arguments by attorneys for Gov. Kim Reynolds, who has asked the courts to reinstate the law”

HowAppealing

OCTOBER 18, 2022

“Iowa Supreme Court does not have authority to reinstate 2018 fetal heartbeat bill, opponents’ attorneys argue; Attorneys for the groups that successfully challenged the law in 2019 filed their response to recent arguments by attorneys for Gov.

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Divided Eighth Circuit panel upholds limited injunction barring enforcement in certain instances of Iowa law prohibiting mask requirements in schools

HowAppealing

JANUARY 25, 2022

Divided Eighth Circuit panel upholds limited injunction barring enforcement in certain instances of Iowa law prohibiting mask requirements in schools: You can access today’s ruling of a divided three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

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Neither federal law nor Iowa law required vacating $200,000 punitive damages award simply because the jury awarded zero in compensatory damages

HowAppealing

MARCH 18, 2021

Neither federal law nor Iowa law required vacating $200,000 punitive damages award simply because the jury awarded zero in compensatory damages: You can access yesterday’s ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

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Minnesota court denies request to require statewide public school mask mandate

JURIST

SEPTEMBER 16, 2021

Parents Advocating for Safe Schools (PASS), an association of Minnesota parents, filed suit against the state of Minnesota and Governor Timothy Walz, asking the court to order Walz to impose a statewide mask requirement for all public schools. Pass also asked the court to issue a temporary restraining order compelling Walz to require masks.

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“California’s war on breakfast wages on, and Iowa farmers need justices to act; The Supreme Court should review a challenge to the state’s law dictating how bacon and eggs are produced elsewhere”

HowAppealing

JANUARY 6, 2022

“California’s war on breakfast wages on, and Iowa farmers need justices to act; The Supreme Court should review a challenge to the state’s law dictating how bacon and eggs are produced elsewhere”: U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) has this essay online at The Des Moines Register.

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Six states sue President Biden over student loan forgiveness plan

JURIST

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The state attorneys generals of Arkansas, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and South Carolina alleged in a federal Missouri court that Biden’s federal student loan forgiveness plan is unauthorized and poses economic harm to working class individuals. Both lawsuits ask the court to immediately halt implementation of the plan.

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Court of Appeals of Iowa Creates Objective Juror Test for When Racist Jurors Comments Require a New Trial

EvidenceProf Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Colorado, the Supreme Court held that where a juror makes a clear statement that indicates he or she relied on racial stereotypes or animus to convict a criminal defendant, the Sixth Amendment requires that the no-impeachment rule. In Pena-Rodriguez v.

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Leaving kids home alone wasn’t endangerment, state supreme court says; ‘no parent can shield a child from all risks’

ABA Journal

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

A mother didn’t commit the crime of child endangerment when she left five children ages 5 to 12 home alone while she shopped for groceries at Walmart, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled in a unanimous opinion.

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Restaurants can’t recover COVID-19 losses through ‘business interruption’ insurance, 2 top state courts rule

ABA Journal

APRIL 25, 2022

The top state courts in Iowa and Massachusetts have ruled that restaurants can’t recover COVID-19 shutdown losses from "business interruption" policies. The Iowa Supreme Court…

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Self-Help Information by the Courts in 2021

CourtTechBulletin

DECEMBER 16, 2021

We were curious as to the status of online court help to the self-represented litigants as a good 2021 year-end wrapup article for the CTB? Colorado courts have a dedicated page for "Efiling for Non-Attorneys" at: [link] There are links to forms and video/written tutorials listed. We share what we found below.

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“8th Circuit court partially upholds Iowa’s 2012 ‘ag-gag’ law; a new lawsuit challenges the state’s 2021 statute”

HowAppealing

AUGUST 10, 2021

“8th Circuit court partially upholds Iowa’s 2012 ‘ag-gag’ law; a new lawsuit challenges the state’s 2021 statute”: William Morris of The Des Moines Register has this report. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit at this link.

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Two Iowa Colleges Sued Over Tuition Costs During COVID-19 Pandemic

LegalReader

MARCH 21, 2021

The student, Sydney Warner, filed the suit in Bremer County District Court over allegations that the “value of the remote learning provided by the college was less than the.

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US book publishers sue Florida Department of Education over library restrictions

JURIST

AUGUST 31, 2024

The need to consider the value of the book as a whole, or its literary, scientific or political value, is part of the obscenity test outlined in the 1973 US Supreme Court case Miller v California. The Court found that where work is not considered obscene, it is constitutionally protected expression under the First Amendment.

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“Supreme Court won’t review constitutionality of Medicaid coverage ban for trans surgery”

HowAppealing

MAY 12, 2023

” The post “Supreme Court won’t review constitutionality of Medicaid coverage ban for trans surgery” appeared first on How Appealing.

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Iowa Supreme Court limits financial damages for victims of excessive force by law enforcement officers

Federal court temporarily blocks Iowa ban on mask mandates in public schools

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Ford reaches $19.2M settlement with Iowa over false advertising claims

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Federal appeals court rules mask mandate ban must include exception for disabled children

“Iowa Supreme Court dismisses alleged UIHC illicit insemination case; A case alleging a former University of Iowa OB-GYN chair non-consensually inseminated patients with his own sperm in the 1950s cannot go to trial”

“Iowa legislator seeks oversight of Iowa Supreme Court; Bill would have allowed lawmakers to question justices, override rulings”

Federal court vacates injunction barring enforcement of Iowa law prohibiting school mask mandate

Supreme Court of Iowa Finds Prosecution Properly Impeached 3 of its Own Witnesses in Murder Trial

Supreme Court of Iowa Reverses Murder Conviction, Finds Evidence of Suicidal Tendencies is Not Character Evidence

“Iowa Supreme Court justice asked to recuse himself from divorce appeal over alleged affair”

“Iowa Supreme Court overturns 2017 ruling that allowed constitutional claims against state”

Supreme Court of Iowa Finds Portions of Administrative Code Dealing With Nursing Were Improperly Admitted at Criminal Trial

“Transgender former nurse wins discrimination case against state at Iowa Supreme Court”

8th Circuit allows Iowa book ban to take effect but rules for challengers on First Amendment issue

Iowa Lawyer’s ‘Rhetorical Hyperbole’ Could Land Him 60 Day Suspension

Overturning precedent, top Iowa court limits nuisance suits against hog farms

“Gov. Kim Reynolds appoints appeals court Judge David May to Iowa Supreme Court”

“Iowa police: Excessive drinking, exposure killed daughter of Minnesota Supreme Court justice, Allina CEO; Her body was found in the parking lot of her Iowa State University sorority.”

“Iowa court to see lawsuit alleging ‘gross negligence’ by Tyson during COVID-19 outbreaks”

Rights group warns against North Dakota jury verdict ordering Greenpeace to pay $660m in liability

“Former Iowa Taco Bell worker wins at U.S. Supreme Court in wage-theft lawsuit”

“How Iowa Supreme Court’s McDermott, Oxley have decided big cases”

“Iowa Chief Justice: Court system ‘turned on its head’ but ‘did not succumb’ to pandemic.”

Iowa Judge Tosses Book Ban That Would Have Barred The Use Of Pronouns In Schools

“No mask mandates in Iowa schools, for now, court rules; exceptions could be made in future”

“Court: University of Iowa officials can be held liable for First Amendment violations; Decision is ‘going to be very important for religious student groups across the country.'”

Iowa immigration law making illegal reentry a misdemeanor blocked by 8th Circuit

Appeals court upholds 8-year prison sentence for Dakota Access Pipeline protester

Searing Lessons From a State Bar Complaint: A Lawyer’s Story

“How Would This Supreme Court Rule on Book Banning? A lawsuit filed in federal court in Iowa is one of a number of cases that may eventually come before the Court. The key precedent is an instructive decision from 1982.”

Divided Eighth Circuit panel upholds limited injunction barring enforcement in certain instances of Iowa law prohibiting mask requirements in schools

Neither federal law nor Iowa law required vacating $200,000 punitive damages award simply because the jury awarded zero in compensatory damages

Minnesota court denies request to require statewide public school mask mandate

“California’s war on breakfast wages on, and Iowa farmers need justices to act; The Supreme Court should review a challenge to the state’s law dictating how bacon and eggs are produced elsewhere”

Six states sue President Biden over student loan forgiveness plan

Court of Appeals of Iowa Creates Objective Juror Test for When Racist Jurors Comments Require a New Trial

Leaving kids home alone wasn’t endangerment, state supreme court says; ‘no parent can shield a child from all risks’

Restaurants can’t recover COVID-19 losses through ‘business interruption’ insurance, 2 top state courts rule

Self-Help Information by the Courts in 2021

“8th Circuit court partially upholds Iowa’s 2012 ‘ag-gag’ law; a new lawsuit challenges the state’s 2021 statute”

Two Iowa Colleges Sued Over Tuition Costs During COVID-19 Pandemic

US book publishers sue Florida Department of Education over library restrictions

“Supreme Court won’t review constitutionality of Medicaid coverage ban for trans surgery”

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