Antitrust
Bankruptcy
Business Planning
Civil Liabilities
Neighbor’s Wood-Burning Stove Not a Nuisance -- December 2010
Stray Voltage at Issue in Nuisance Suit Against Electric Utility -- December 2010
Wastewater Storage Lagoon Subject to County Zoning -- November 2010
Gathering and Preserving Evidence Critical To Recovering Damages -- July 2010
Car accident Involving Co-Workers in Personal Vehicle Leads To Examination of Iowa’s Worker’s Comp Law -- November 2009
Iowa Supreme Court Adopts “Risk Standard” For Determining Proximate Cause in Negligence Cases -- November 2009
Shady Investment Deal Costs the Family Farm -- November 2009
Criminal Law
Heemstra-Lyon Dispute Continues -- February 2011
Encounter Between Hunters and Landowner Turns Sour -- January 2011
Heemstra-Lyon Dispute Continues -- December 2010
Building Contractor’s Fraudulent Scheme Uncovered – Conviction Upheld -- March 2010
Is the Medicaid Program a “Victim” Entitled to Restitution? -- October 2009
Contracts
Sale of Used Machinery and the Duty to Warn of Defects -- February 2010
Farm Lease Termination – The Impact of Not Specifying the Correct Termination Date -- January 2010
Estate Planning
Estate Case Involves Removal of Executor -- January 2011
Another Undue Influence Case -- January 2010
Daughter Unduly Influenced Mother’s Will -- January 2010
Insurance
Real Estate
Ag Property Owner Challenges Significantly Disparate Valuations in Adjoining Counties -- December 2010
Ownership of Disputed Strip of Land Established Via Acquiescence -- November 2010
Taxpayer Appeals Assessed Value of Residential Lots -- November 2010
Trial Court Rules That Realtors Fraudulently Induced Plaintiff to Terminate Real Estate Listing Contract -- November 2010
Court Construes Easement Language -- September 2010
Court Enforces Settlement Agreement Concerning Defective Home Construction -- May 2010
Court Considers Iowa’s Real Estate Disclosure Act and Seller’s Responsibilities -- May 2010
Tax Sales, Treasurer’s Deeds and Coal Mining -- May 2010
Farm Lease - Death of Landlord and Option to Purchase by Tenants -- March 2010
Recovery of Attorney’s Fees for Defending Title to Property -- March 2010
Farmers Appeal Distribution of Funds From Sheriff’s Sale -- March 2010
Constitutionality of Subdivision Zoning Ordinance At Issue -- March 2010
Fiduciary Duty of Real Estate Agent At Issue -- March 2010
Seeking Fees and Costs in Condemnation Proceedings -- March 2010
Lengthy Family Estate Dispute Ends After Court Reviews Family Settlement Agreement -- February 2010
Driveway Easement Construed -- February 2010
No Boundary By Acquiescence -- February 2010
Quiet Title Action Involves Abandoned Railroad Line -- January 2010
Supreme Court Vacates Appeals Court Decision Regarding Private Condemnation of Access Route -- January 2010
Plaintiffs’ Hands Were Dirty, But Not From Farm Work; Barred From Bringing Suit -- January 2010
Regulatory Law
Iowa Utilities Board Properly Denied Rate Comparison to Dairy Farmer -- February 2011
Mortgage Company Negligent, But Not Deceitful In Failing To Transfer Truck Titles -- July 2010
Another Development in Iowa Net Metering Dispute -- July 2010
Noxious weed: “Organic Garden” Not Exempt From Mowing Ordinance? -- June 2010
Court Decides Case Involving City’s Attempt To Rezone Agricultural Property -- October 2009
Court Finds Defendant In Violation of Iowa Trapping Laws -- August 2009
Archived Iowa Regulatory Law Cases
Secured Transactions
Mechanic’s Lien Easy to Prove when Everyone Admits the Facts -- February 2012
Nonpurchase-Money Mortgage Not Subject to Surviving Spouse’s Dower Interest -- January 2012
The Iowa Ag Supply Dealer’s Lien -- December 2011
Liens Usually Entitled to Superpriority Status - Usually -- June 2010
Court Renders Latest Decision in Fraudulent Transfer Case -- November 2008
Mechanic’s Lien Enforced -- January 2008
Archived Secured Transactions Cases
Taxation
Internet Access Charges Not Subject to Sales Tax -- August 2009
Court Construes “Manufacturer” Exemption From Sales and Use Tax-Iowa -- October 2008
Iowa Capital Gain Exclusion Inapplicable to Sale of Partnership Interest -- March 2008
Water Law
Farmland Not Part of Drainage District – Land Not Benefited -- December 2008
Landowner Granted Injunctive Relief in Water Drainage Case – Iowa -- July 2008
Drainage Project Was Repair, Not Improvement; Costs To Be Borne By All Landowners in District -- March 2008
Farmer ordered to remove tile due to illegal drainage activities -- October 2006