The Iowa Supreme Court entered opinions in eight cases in December 2025. At the links immediately below, you can read On Brief’s analysis of the following opinions:
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Enhanced penalty counts for sales of alcohol to two minors five minutes apart, Iowa Supreme Court holds
By Rox Laird
The penalty for violating Iowa’s law that bars the sale of alcohol to a person under the age of 21 is $500. The penalty for a second violation is $1,500 and a 30-day license suspension if it occurs within two…
November 2025 Opinion Roundup
By Matt McGuire
The Iowa Supreme Court entered opinions in eleven cases in November 2025. At the following link, you can read On Brief’s analysis of In re Davenport Hotel Building Collapse, No. 24-0727, concerning whether statutory qualified immunity protections apply to…
Iowa AG plans to seek U.S. Supreme Court review of injunction blocking enforcement of state’s immigration law
By Rox Laird
Iowa Attorney General Brenna Bird has informed the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit that the State of Iowa will be seeking review by the U.S. Supreme Court of the Eight Circuit’s October 2025 ruling affirming the district…
Slim Supreme Court majority allows public defender to withdraw from representing indigent defendant
By Rox Laird
Trial courts have a duty under the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution to assure that a criminal defendant who cannot afford to hire a lawyer is provided one at the State’s expense. To comply with that constitutional mandate, Iowa…
Iowa Supreme Court: TikTok must face the State’s consumer fraud suit in Iowa court
By Rox Laird
Online video provider TikTok does business with millions of American users in all 50 states, including Iowans who have downloaded the company’s app hundreds of thousands of times and who agree to its terms of service. Still, the company argues,…
Former Federal Home Loan Bank executive waited too long to file defamation suit, Iowa Supreme Court holds
By Rox Laird
A plaintiff suing former coworkers at the Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines for defamation waited too long to file suit in Polk County District Court because she failed to act on information she knew or should have known…
Iowa Supreme Court: Iowa courts lack jurisdiction to hear suit against Indiana trucking company
By Rox Laird
Does a foreign corporation consent to the jurisdiction of Iowa’s courts when it registers with the Secretary of State to do business in this state, appoints an agent in Iowa for service of process, and is served with notice of…
October 2025 Opinion Roundup
By Matt McGuire
The Iowa Supreme Court entered opinions in four cases in October 2025. At the following link, you can read On Brief’s analysis of State v. Manning, concerning whether an officer’s body camera capture of a video being played for…
Divided Iowa Supreme Court reaffirms 2024 decision barring minors’ closed-circuit testimony against accused
By Rox Laird
The Iowa Supreme Court in a decision issued Dec. 23 reaffirmed its 2024 ruling that allowing testimony by minors in criminal trials via one-way closed-circuit video violates defendants’ right to confront their accusers under the Iowa Constitution.
Citing its 2024…