Following a plea of guilty and sentence, Jacob Lee Schimdt filed an application for postconviction-relief, claiming he was actually innocent although he knowingly and voluntarily pled guilty to the charged crimes. As a result of a recantation by the victim, Schmidt claims actual-innocence. The Iowa Supreme Court took up the issue. Prior to this […]
Theresa Seeberger evicted a tenant following her discovery of the tenant’s pregnancy. As a result, the tenant sought protection from the Davenport Civil Rights Commission. Following adjudication at the administrative level and an appeal to the district court, the Davenport Civil Rights Commission and Seeberger appealed the district court ruling that (1) Seeberger’s statements […]
The Iowa Supreme Court determines that the Iowa Department of Transportation did not have the authority from the legislature to issue rules regulating the use of automated traffic enforcement (ATE) systems. As such, the Court found that the IDOT’s rules regulating where cities could place ATE systems was invalid and unenforceable. The cities of […]
