Similar laws in Arkansas and North Dakota have been struck down by the courts. "I understand and I anticipate that this will likely be challenged in court," Reynolds said the day she signed the bill. "However, this is bigger than just a law; this is about life. I am not going to ba...
There are two general court systems: district courts, the Supreme Court, and the Court of Appeals. The General Assembly appoints Supreme Court judges.[3] Local governments are divided into 99 counties, which are codified as part of the state constitution and can only be changed by an ...
Coy v. Iowa: Defendant's right to confront witnesses under the Sixth Amendment was violated when the trial court placed a screen between defendant and child sexual assault victims during their testimony pursuant to a state statute since the screen at iss
Iowa Code section 236.3A requires a pro se plaintiff seeking relief from domestic abuse to use standardized forms prescribed by the Iowa department of justice. This provision *731 also requires the department to distribute these forms to the clerks of the district courts, who in turn are required...
On April 26, 1976, the United States Supreme Court promulgated and transmitted to Congress the long-heralded proposed rules and forms for the exercise by the federal courts of habeas corpus jurisdiction under 28 USC § 22541 and for coll... RN Clinton - 《Iowa L Rev》 被引量: 2发表: 197...
In its wake, state supreme courts remain free to independently interpret analogous state provisions and to either adhere to, or provide greater search protection than, the "totality of the circumstances" standard. Iowa has not yet resolved which standard article I, section 8 of the Iowa ...
633.496 (1983). We held in In re Estate of Barrie, 240 Iowa 431, 436, 35 N.W.2d 658, 661 (1949), that the Iowa courts are free to determine the validity of the will of a nonresident of the state who dies owning real estate within the state regardless of the ruling of the domic...
Heath's appeal was brought to the Supreme Court in 1985, where courts ruled that because of the doctrine of "dual sovereignty" in respect to federalism, the Fifth Amendment does not bar two separate states from trying the same individual twice for the same act. [Pictured: The Alabama ...
The contention is novel, and Broderick & Bascom cites no authority directly in point. Usually unreasonable restraints on interstate commerce are thought of in terms of legislative enactments rather than rules evolved by courts. No basis appears for a distinction, however, and if a court-made rule...
“Ag-Gag laws are a pernicious attempt by animal exploitation industries to hide some of the worst forms of animal abuse in the United States,” Animal Legal Defense Fund Executive Director Stephen Wells said in a statement. Federal courts have struck down similar laws in Idaho, Utah and Wyomi...