Where a criminal defendant convicted of methamphetamine charges objected to the introduction of evidence that he restrained, beat and tattooed a man in an effort ...
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Methamphetamine; ‘Organizer’
Where the District Court applied a four-level increase to the sentence of a criminal defendant based on a finding that he was an “organizer” of ...
Read More »Right to Call; Fifth Amendment
Where a criminal defendant did not meet his burden of showing that testimony of a witness, who also faced charges arising from the drug transaction, ...
Read More »Railroad; Stock Sale; First-Refusal Provision
Where a rail carrier acquired a railroad line through a forced sale and the carrier’s shareholders sought to sell 100 percent of the corporation’s stock, ...
Read More »Commutation; Liberty Interest; Ex Post Facto
Where a murder defendant challenged changes in Iowa law regarding the availability of sentence commutations by the governor, the District Court properly found that the ...
Read More »Inmate Suit; Medical Needs; ‘Deliberate Indifference’
Where an inmate who developed permanent blindness as a complication of an infection brought a civil rights action claiming the prison’s medical service acted with ...
Read More »Retaliation; First Amendment; Freedom of Association
Where a police officer brought a civil rights action claiming he was fired for exercising his First Amendment right of freedom of association when he ...
Read More »School Superintendent; Public Comments; Qualified Immunity
Where a former school superintendent sued the school district, members of the board and a special administrative board seeking damages and a name-clearing hearing after ...
Read More »Wrongful Death; Medical Needs; ‘Deliberate Indifference’
Where a plaintiff brought civil rights claims against a state department of corrections for allegedly showing deliberate indifference to the serious medical needs of his ...
Read More »Quasi-Contract Claim; Written Contract; ‘Extra Services’
Where a District Court on remand could not determine what “extra services” or the value of such services that a construction company had given to ...
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