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The Iowa Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level appellate court of the state of Iowa. Its purpose is to review appeals from trial court decisions which are referred to the court by the Iowa Supreme Court. The court decides the vast majority of appeals filed from trial courts in the state of Iowa, and its decisions are final unless further ...
On May 2, 2019, Governor Kim Reynolds appointed May to the Iowa Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy left by the elevation of Christopher McDonald to the Iowa Supreme Court. [4] May served as the co-chair of a committee to revise the Iowa Rules of Appellate Procedure.
Sometimes, the appellate court finds a defect in the procedure the parties used in filing the appeal and dismisses the appeal without considering its merits, which has the same effect as affirming the judgment below. (This would happen, for example, if the appellant waited too long, under the appellate court's rules, to file the appeal.)
The Iowa Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Iowa.The Court is composed of a chief justice and six associate justices. The Court holds its regular sessions in Des Moines in the Iowa Judicial Branch Building located at 1111 East Court Avenue on the state Capitol grounds, south of the Iowa State Capitol.
Iowa and Planned Parenthood have submitted final briefs on whether a state law banning abortions after 6 weeks should take effect: What each side says. Iowa Supreme Court will rule on state's 6 ...
Friday's ruling on whether Iowa's 6-week abortion ban can go into effect follows a 3-3 deadlock in 2023. Iowa now allows abortion at up to 20 weeks. Iowa Supreme Court to rule Friday on 6-week ...
The judiciary of Iowa is a branch of the Government of Iowa that interprets and applies the laws of Iowa, to ensure equal justice under law, and to provide a mechanism for dispute resolution. Article V of the Constitution of the State of Iowa defines the judiciary as comprising a Supreme Court, district courts, and any inferior courts ...
Iowa has been the only state in the U.S. to explicitly mandate that state, county and local decision-making bodies are balanced by gender. Civil rights advocates worry the trend will lead to fewer ...