Browse Iowa Supreme Court's 2025 caseload. 23 opinions with AI-powered summaries, key holdings, and legal analysis.
Iowa Court of Appeals Affirms Tenant Damages for Landlord Breach
Alex Butter and Sydney Stodola v. Midwest Property Management IC, LLC, KMB Property Management and Ruby Investments, LLC, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on December 31, 2025, resulted in a plaintiff wi...
Iowa Supreme Court: Coerced Consent Invalidates Warrantless Home Search
State of Iowa v. Lynn Melvin Lindaman, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on December 23, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Iowa Supreme Court reviewed the denial of a motion to suppress evide...
Iowa Supreme Court: Class Action Waiver in Arbitration Agreement Unconscionable
Harley Kelchner, an individual, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. CRST Expedited, Inc., CRST Specialized Transportation, Inc., CRST Lincoln Sales, Inc., and John Smith, an...
Railway company waived challenge to drainage district establishment
Iowa Northern Railway Company v. Floyd County Board of Supervisors and Cerro Gordo County Board of Supervisors, acting as Trustees for Joint Drainage District Nos. 6 and 56, decided by Iowa Supreme Co...
Iowa Court Affirms Equitable Property Division in Divorce
In re the Marriage of Jason C. Owen and Alison A. Brinker, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on December 12, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The core dispute centered on the division of assets ...
Iowa Court of Appeals Upholds Business Valuation in Divorce
In re the Marriage of Matthew Kraus and Molly Kraus, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on December 12, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Iowa Court of Appeals addressed the division of marita...
Guard's assault outside scope of employment; employer liability remanded
Oscar Recio and Maria Recio v. Frederick M. Fridley, D.L. Peterson Trust, Securitas Security Services USA, Inc. and Doe Corporation, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on December 5, 2025, resulted in a mi...
Iowa Auditor's access to private financial records limited by confidentiality statutes
In re The Representation of the Office of the Auditor of the State of Iowa, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on December 5, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Iowa Supreme Court addressed whe...
Iowa Supreme Court Affirms Dismissal of Defamation Suit
Robert Teig v. Patrick Loeffler, Ashley Vanorney, Dale Todd, Brad Hart, Ann Poe, Tyler Olson and Scott Olson, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on November 25, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. T...
Will interpretation: Cy pres doctrine applied to charitable bequest
In The Matter of The Estate Rex Felten, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on November 25, 2025, resulted in a affirmed outcome. The core dispute involved the interpretation of a will and whether a specifi...
Iowa Supreme Court Denies Disqualification Motion Against District Court
The Law Office of Shawn Shearer, P.C., Shawn Shearer and Theodore F. Sporer v. Iowa District Court for Fremont County, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on November 21, 2025, resulted in a defendant win o...
Iowa Supreme Court: Officer's actions reasonable in arrest leading to death
Sandra K. Mormann, Individually and as Administrator of The Estate of Augustin G. Mormann, and Daniel J. Mormann, Individually v. City of Manchester, Iowa and James Louis Wessels, decided by Iowa Supr...
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search Based on Probable Cause
State of Iowa v. Frederick Lee Hawkins III, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on November 14, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the trial court's decision to deny ...
School dress code policy upheld against discrimination claim
Ashley Hall and Ryan Hall, on behalf of minor child A.H. v. Southeast Polk Junior High school – Southeast Polk Community School District, Dirk Halupnik, Joseph Horton, Michael Dailey, Jacob Bartels, a...
School district did not violate ADA/Section 504 by failing to accommodate disability
Benjamin Fogle and Amanda Fogle, on behalf of minor child P.F. v. Clay Elementary School-Southeast Polk Community School District, Dirk Halupnik, Andrea Burns and Carla Rivas, individually and in thei...
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Warrantless Vehicle Search
State of Iowa v. Pat Grant Kepner, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on November 14, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the trial court's decision to deny the defen...
Iowa Supreme Court Limits Expert Testimony in Construction Cases
In re Davenport Hotel Building Collapse, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on November 7, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Iowa Supreme Court addressed the admissibility of expert testimony ...
Iowa Supreme Court Denies Child Support Modification Request
J. Doe v. Iowa District Court for Polk County, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on November 7, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Iowa Supreme Court reviewed a district court's decision to de...
Iowa Supreme Court: Adopted children included as "issue" in will
Michael William Stoltze v. Grace Maher n/k/a Grace Stokes and Macauley Stokes, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on November 7, 2025, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The Iowa Supreme Court addressed ...
Court Affirms Due Process Violation in Parental Rights Termination
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services v. Iowa District Court for Polk County, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on October 31, 2025, resulted in a plaintiff win outcome. The Iowa District Court for...
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds OWI Conviction Based on Cracked Windshield
State of Iowa v. Matthew James Meisheid, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on October 24, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed a defendant's conviction for operating ...
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds No-Oral-Modification Clause in Business Sale Contract
Den Hartog Industries and West Bend Mutual Insurance Company v. Tyler Dungan, decided by Iowa Supreme Court on October 3, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. This case concerns a dispute over t...
Iowa Supreme Court Upholds Denial of New Trial for Convicted Man
State of Iowa v. Terence Edward Manning Jr., decided by Iowa Supreme Court on October 3, 2025, resulted in a defendant win outcome. The Iowa Supreme Court affirmed the denial of Terence Manning Jr.'s ...
CaseLawBrief tracks 23 opinions from Iowa Supreme Court in 2025. This includes published and unpublished decisions.
The most common legal topics were: Fourth Amendment Search And Seizure (4 cases), Iowa Divorce Property Division (2 cases), Will Interpretation (2 cases), Testamentary Intent (2 cases), Automobile Exception To The Warrant Requirement (2 cases).
Outcomes: Plaintiff Win: 4, Defendant Win: 17, Mixed: 1, Affirmed: 1.