Iowa Cases

Antitrust

• Court limits scope of antitrust liability -- June 2007

 

Bankruptcy

• Debtors can reopen bankruptcy case to avoid lien on farm equipment -- March 2006

 

Civil Liabilities

• Landlord Liability for Conduct of a Tenant -- Updated July 2008

• Landlord Liability for Tenant’s Animals -- April 2008

• Construction of Hog Confinement Operation Can Go Forward – Owners Entitled To Show That Operation Can Be Conducted Nuisance-Free -- March 2008

• Product liability and the applicable statute of repose -- March 2008

• Archived Iowa Civil Libilities Cases

 

Criminal Law

• Home-buying business engaged in theft by deception -- November 2007

• Federal Law Prohibits Iowa Hunters from Carrying Firearms in Certain Situations -- November 2007

• Dog killing still lawful, but opinion highlights changes in the law -- October 2007

 

Contracts

• Damages at issue in real estate contract dispute -- March 2008

• Implied Warranty of Workmanlike Construction Applies to Homebuyers -- February 2008

• Subordination Agreement Fails For Lack of Contractual Consideration -- January 2008

• Archived Iowa Contract Cases
  

 

Estate Planning

• Family Fight over Marital Assets -- October 2008

• Bequests Upheld – No Undue Influence (Iowa) -- September 2008

• Surviving Spouse Did Not Abuse Discretion as Trustee -- September 2008

• Court Addresses Issue of Standing to Challenge Estate Administration – Iowa -- August 2008

• Thrills With Wills – Family Fight Leads to Failed Will Challenge -- June 2008

• Iowa Anti-Lapse Statute Construed -- May 2008

• Surviving Spouse’s Spousal Share Includes Trust Assets -- March 2008

• Trustees and Trust Administration – Family Squabble Continues -- January 2008

• Son Has Title To Farm – Not Held in Trust for Dad -- January 2008

• Archived Iowa Estate Planning Cases
  

 

Insurance

• “Pollution Exclusion” clause in insurance policy bars coverage for death of employee at hog confinement facility -- March 2007

• Act of self-defense precludes insurance coverage -- March 2006
  

 

Real Estate

• Property Tax Assessment Appeal Dismissed – Iowa -- October 2008

• Scope of Easement Usage Construed -- October 2008

• Fence View Was Not a Closed Session of Township Trustees – Open Meetings Law Inapplicable -- July 2008

• Tax Deed Void For Failure to Serve Notice of Redemption Right (Again) -- June 2008

• Barn Built in Middle of Road Leads to Dispute -- May 2008

• State Tax Dollars Pay For Cost of Public’s Portion of Improvement Costs, Not Those of Private Landowners -- May 2008

• …And Still Another Boundary Dispute/Adverse Possession Case -- April 2008

• Ownership dispute involves adverse possession and easement by necessity claims -- March 2008

• Quiet title action involves abandoned railroad line -- March 2008

• Tax Deed Void for Failure to Notify Tenant of Redemption Right -- February 2008

• Court Rules (Again) that Language on Plat Can Rise to Level of Restrictive Covenant -- January 2008

• Archived Iowa Real Estate Cases
  

 

Regulatory Law

• Another Decision in Net Metering Dispute - Iowa -- July 2008

• County Owed for Care of Neglected Horses -- May 2008

• City Liable for Flooding Damages to Home -- January 2008

• Archived Iowa Regulatory Law Cases

 

Secured Transactions

• Mechanic’s Lien Enforced -- January 2008

• Archived Secured Transactions Cases

 

Taxation

• Internet Access Charges Not Taxable - Iowa -- October 2008

• Iowa Capital Gain Exclusion Inapplicable to Sale of Partnership Interest -- March 2008

• Property used in confinement hog operation not exempt from Iowa sales or consumer use tax -- September 2006

• Title transfer of property not a gift -- September 2006

 

Water Law

• State’s Liability for Flooding Damages from Construction Activities Construed -- October 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