A state statute enacted in 2022 that created civil and criminal penalties for fertility doctors who fraudulently use their own sperm to help infertile couples conceive children through artificial insemination does not apply retroactively, the Iowa Supreme Court held in three decisions handed down March 14.
All three cases were controlled by the Court’s leading…

The Iowa Supreme Court handed down two rulings Feb. 21 addressing firearms rights under state and federal law. The court reached different conclusions in the two cases, restoring an individual’s firearms rights in one case while affirming the removal of the right in the other. Neither case directly addressed the constitutionality of firearms restrictions under…

In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the Iowa Supreme Court issued an order temporarily extending the two-year statute of limitations in civil cases by 76 days. Defendants in a Polk County civil suit that was filed by the plaintiffs after the two-year statutory deadline but within the 76-day extension argued the case…

Scott County officials violated the Iowa Open Records Act when they made an appointment to fill a mid-term vacancy on the Board of Supervisors without publicly revealing the identities of any of the applicants, the Iowa Supreme Court held in a 4-3 decision handed down Feb. 14.
Scott County officials opted to fill the Board…

Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in nine cases Feb. 17 – 19
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in nine cases Feb. 17, 18, and 19. Four other cases will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Following are brief summaries of the February cases, not including an attorney disciplinary case.…

Bert and Donna Millers’ desire to conceive children in the 1950s was realized with the assistance of Dr. John Randall, a physician and head of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Iowa Hospitals, and Donna gave birth to two children via artificial insemination.
What they allegedly did not know was that…

A roofing contractor who granted its customer a 30-day grace period to pay for a roofing job along with 1.5% a month in interest for tardy payment did not grant credit and is not subject to the Iowa Consumer Credit Code, the Iowa Supreme Court held in a unanimous Jan. 24 decision.
“In analyzing…