Cases

STREIT, Justice. The United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa has certified four questions to us concerning the law of malicious prosecution. After summarizing the facts and prior proceedings of the underlying dispute, we answer the federal court’s questions. I. Facts and Prior Proceedings We restrict our discussion to the facts provided with the certified questio

44 Md. App. 335 (1979) 408 A.2d 758 SUBURBAN TRUST COMPANY v. MAURICE WALLER. No. 274, September Term, 1979. Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. Decided December 7, 1979. The cause was argued before GILBERT, C.J., and MELVIN and WEANT, JJ. Francis J. Ford for appellant. David J. Frantz, with whom were David B.

WATERMAN, Justice. We are asked to interpret an Iowa statute enacted in the depths of the 1980s farm crisis to help debt-laden farmers buy livestock feed on credit to continue operations. Our answer is sought to resolve a dispute between two creditors in a bankruptcy proceeding with competing liens on the same hogs. A hog producer with outstanding loans to Primebank went deeper into debt by purchasing feed on credit from Oye

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 20–1027 Submitted April 15, 2021—Filed May 7, 2021 XENIA RURAL WATER DISTRICT, Appellant, vs. CITY OF JOHNSTON, IOWA, Appellee. Certified questions of law from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, James E. Gritzner, United States District Court Senior Judge. Municipality and rural water district contest Iowa statutory requirements f

MARK W. BENNETT, U.S. DISTRICT COURT JUDGE TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION...823 A. Factual Background...823 B. Procedural Background...824 II. THE CITY'S MOTION TO AMEND ITS ANSWER...826 A. Arguments Of The Parties.

MANSFIELD, Justice. We have been asked to answer two certified questions of law in a federal case brought by Iowa Right to Life Committee, Inc. (IRTL) challenging the constitutionality of Iowa’s campaign finance laws. The nub of the matter is whether a corporation must form a “political committee” under Iowa law if it wants to spend more than seven hundred fifty dollars advocating the election or defeat of Iowa candidates. Alt

438 F.Supp.2d 988 (2006) Allison M. JENSEN, Plaintiff, v. Thomas G. BARLAS, Jr., George Barlas, and Michelle Barlas, Defendants. No. C 04-3081 MWB. United States District Court, N.D. Iowa, Central Division. July 7, 2006. *989 *990 Mark D. Sherinian, Sherinian & Walker, PC, West Des Moines,

WATERMAN, Justice. This high-profile litigation pits one political subdivision of the State of Iowa against several other political subdivisions. The plaintiff is a municipal waterworks; the defendants are upstream drainage districts and their trustees. The plaintiff provides drinking water to central Iowans and is suing for money damages and other remedies to recover its costs to remove nitrates from Raccoon River water. The ca

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 16–0076 Filed January 27, 2017 BOARD OF WATER WORKS TRUSTEES OF THE CITY OF DES MOINES, IOWA, Appellant, vs. SAC COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AS TRUSTEE OF DRAINAGE DISTRICTS 32, 42, 65, 79, 81, 83, 86, and CALHOUN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS and SAC COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS JOINT TRUSTEES OF DRAINAGE DISTRICTS 2 AND 51 and BUENA VISTA COUNTY BOAR

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF IOWA No. 16–0076 Filed January 27, 2017 Amended April 11, 2017 BOARD OF WATER WORKS TRUSTEES OF THE CITY OF DES MOINES, IOWA, Appellant, vs. SAC COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AS TRUSTEE OF DRAINAGE DISTRICTS 32, 42, 65, 79, 81, 83, 86, and CALHOUN COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS and SAC COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS JOINT TRUSTEES OF DRAINAG