Bitcoin Depot — Iowa Supreme Court held new crypto-refund law did not apply retroactively
Case In the Matter of $11,500 Seized from Bitcoin Depot Operating, LLC; GDP Holdings d/b/a Coinflip, Successor in Interest to
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Perry v. Dordt University — Iowa Supreme Court upholds dismissal of student’s vaccine-exemption discrimination suit
Case Andrew Perry v. Dordt University Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge May, Justice Date Decided October 23, 2026 Docket No.
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In the Interest of E.S. — Iowa Supreme Court dismisses untimely appeal of child-custody permanency order
Case In the interest of E.S., minor child Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge May, Justice Date Decided October 16, 2026
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Davenport v. Fuller — Revived malpractice suit because physician was qualified to provide certificate against physician assistant
Case Joshua Davenport v. Nathanael K. Fuller Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Oxley, J. Date Decided October 16, 2026 Docket
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Teig v. Iowa Judicial Branch — Iowa Supreme Court upholds confidentiality of dismissed attorney-discipline files
Case Robert Teig v. Iowa Judicial Branch, Molly Weber, Robert Gast, Nicholas Critelli, Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board, Iowa
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In re Detention of Harlow — Iowa Supreme Court affirms sexually violent predator commitment
Case In re Detention of Joshua Andrew Harlow Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Christensen, C.J. Date Decided October 9, 2026
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State v. Amyda — Iowa Supreme Court upheld admission of an abuse video despite an unsupported deepfake claim
Case State of Iowa v. Max Amyda Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Mansfield, Justice Date Decided October 9, 2026 Docket
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State of Iowa v. Belt — Iowa Supreme Court affirms removal of county supervisor for intoxication
Case State of Iowa v. Scott A. Belt Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Christensen, Chief Justice Date Decided October 2,
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Iowa DNR v. Lilly & Albrecht — Iowa Supreme Court adopts responsible corporate officer doctrine for environmental violations, splits on personal jurisdiction
Case State of Iowa, ex rel. Iowa Department of Natural Resources v. Donald Lilly and Ronald Albrecht Court Iowa Supreme
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Klein v. Whirlpool Corp. — Iowa Supreme Court reverses dismissal of workers’ comp claim, holds distal clavicle excision impairment rating cannot be reduced by 25% multiplier
Case Brian Dale Klein v. Whirlpool Corporation Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Per Curiam Date Decided June 26, 2026 Docket
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Gregory v. Iowa — Iowa Supreme Court upholds ban on nude and sexually explicit publications in state prisons
Case Leonard Gregory, Dee J. Radeke, Sean O’Geary, Jerry Newell, John Hrbek, Chad Welsh, Clarence Fenton, Jack Hays, and Joseph
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State v. Schadl — Iowa Supreme Court strikes lifetime firearm ban for domestic-abuse misdemeanant under state strict-scrutiny amendment
Case State of Iowa v. Eric Martin Schadl Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge McDermott (Kim Reynolds, 2020) Date Decided June
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State v. Lind — Iowa Supreme Court affirms dismissal of human trafficking charge where “victim” and trafficker were fictitious, holding the 2024 statute required real persons
Case State of Iowa v. Kevin Charles Lind Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge May (Kim Reynolds, 2022) Date Decided June
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Eagle Rise Developments v. Iowa District Court for Clinton County — Iowa Supreme Court sustains certiorari writ, invalidating contempt orders against LLC and its member-managers for defective notice
Case Eagle Rise Developments, LLC, Troy Scott Wilbur and Alexander Scott Wilbur v. Iowa District Court for Clinton County Court
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State v. Lind (No. 25-0821) — Iowa Supreme Court affirms dismissal of human trafficking charge where no actual victim or trafficker was involved
Case State of Iowa v. Kevin Charles Lind Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Per Curiam Date Decided June 19, 2026
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5th and Walnut Parking v. City of Des Moines — Iowa Supreme Court affirms $4.35M breach-of-contract judgment against city, vacates tortious-interference award, in collapsed downtown-development dispute
Case 5th and Walnut Parking, LLC; 5th and Walnut Tower, LLC; 5th and Court, LLC; Justin Mandelbaum; and Sean Mandelbaum
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Jorgensen v. Smith — Iowa Supreme Court bars defendants from relitigating certificate-of-merit issues already decided in first appeal
Case Charlene Jorgensen and Michael Jorgensen v. Adam B. Smith, M.D., Adam B. Smith, M.D., P.C., and Tri-State Specialists, LLP
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Shafer v. Santana — Iowa Supreme Court restores dismissal of paralyzed plaintiff’s suit, finding horse-drawn mower operator immune under Domesticated Animal Activities Act
Case Janey Shafer v. Frank Santana Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Christensen (Kim Reynolds, 2018) Date Decided June 12, 2026
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State v. Mahana — Iowa Supreme Court upholds felon-in-possession law against Second Amendment and state constitutional challenges
Case State of Iowa v. Austin Dean Mahana Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Mansfield (Terry Branstad, 2011) Date Decided June
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State v. Gibbs — Iowa Supreme Court affirms child endangerment convictions for mother who left medically fragile child and siblings unsupervised for five hours
Case State of Iowa v. Victoria Linda Nichole Gibbs Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Christensen (Kim Reynolds, 2018) Date Decided
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Chickasaw County Board of Review v. PAAB & Growmark — Iowa Supreme Court holds unattached propane storage tanks are nontaxable equipment, and overrules special tax-statute construction rules
Case Chickasaw County Board of Review v. Property Assessment Appeal Board and Growmark, Inc. Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Oxley
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Enterprise Products v. Iowa Utilities Commission — Iowa Supreme Court caps $1.8M pipeline penalty at $200,000 statutory maximum
Case Enterprise Products Operating, LLC v. Iowa Utilities Commission Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge Oxley (Kim Reynolds, 2020) Date Decided
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Wyldes v. State — Iowa Supreme Court affirms denial of postconviction relief, holding that modern scientific critiques of firearm toolmark analysis do not probably would have changed the 1987 murder conviction
Case Donald Lee Wyldes Jr. v. State of Iowa Court Iowa Supreme Court Judge McDermott (Kim Reynolds, 2020) Date Decided
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Hayes v. Christian Retirement Homes — Iowa Supreme Court holds employers not bound by treating physician’s causation opinion in contested workers’ comp proceedings
Case Jerry Hayes v. Christian Retirement Homes, Inc., d/b/a Ridgecrest Senior Living Center, and West Bend Mutual Insurance Co. Court