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| No. 8 - 1010 / 07 - 110 5 |
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| JOHN ANDERSON , P etitioner - Appell ant , vs. THE CITY DEVELOPMENT BOARD OF THE STATE OF IOWA and THE CITY OF DES MOINES, Respondents - Appell ees . |
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| No. 8 - 1012 / 07 - 1674 |
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| STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff - Appellee, vs. JOHN EDWARD COWLES , Defendan t - Appellant. |
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| No. 8 - 1013 / 07 - 1810 |
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| JAMES STUDER , Plaintiff - Appell ee , vs. DHL EXPRESS (USA), INC., TODD B. MCCLENDON and ROWLAND EXPRESS, INC. , Defendant s - Appell ants . |
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| No. 8 - 1019 / 07 - 2104 |
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| LARRY STEWART, d/b/a LARRY STEWART REALTY, Plaintiff - Appellant, vs. JEFFREY P. SISSON, Defendant - Appellee. |
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| No. 8 - 1021 / 07 - 2152 |
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| STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff - Appellee, vs. CHRISTOPHER ROBIN SCHMIDT, Defendant - Appellant. |
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| No. 8 - 10 22 / 0 7 - 2 155 |
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| TERMINAL PROPERTIES, INC., Member - Manager of Hampton Propane Terminal, L.C. , P laintiff - Appell ant , vs. H AM PTON PROPANE TERMINAL, L .C., an Iowa limited liability company, Defen dant , and LAKES GAS COMPANY, a Minnesota Corporation, Defendant - Appell ee . |
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| No. 8 - 1028 / 08 - 0183 |
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| C. ALLAN POOTS, Plaintiff - Appellant, vs. HIGH COUNTRY DEVELOPMENT CO., RAI, L.L.C., and NORTHERN INVESTMENTS, L.C., Defendants - Appellees, vs. ALEX BATINICH, Intervenor. |
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| No. 8 - 1035 / 08 - 0424 |
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| THOMAS J. STIEGEL , Plaintiff - Appell ant , vs. HMA, INC., an Iowa Corporation, and Subsidiaries, and HOLMES MURPHY & ASSOCIATES, INC., an Iowa Corporation , Defendant s - Appel l ees . |
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| No. 8 - 1036 / 08 - 0460 |
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| STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff - Appellee, vs. JEFFREY DAVID BERRY , Defendant - Appellant. |
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| No. 8 - 1042 / 08 - 0677 |
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| HAND CUT STEAKS ACQUIS I T I ONS, INC., an Arkansas Corporation, Plaintiff - Appellant, vs. FOUNTAIN THREE, an Iowa General Partnership, BRINKER, IOWA, INC., a Delaware Corporation, BRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC., d/b/a ROMANO'S MACARONI GRILL, a Delaware Corporation, B.W.C. FARMS, INC., an Iowa Corporation, ROCK BOTTOM RESTAURANTS, INC., a Delaware Corporation, CHK, L.L .C., a California limited liability company, and BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSELLERS, INC., d/b/a BARNES & NOBLE BOOKSELLER, a Delaware Corporation, Defendants - Appellees. |
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| No. 8 - 1059 / 08 - 1206 |
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| MEDIHA CATIC, Plaintiff - Appellant, vs. HY - VEE, INC., and EMC RISK SERVICES, Defendants - Appellees. |
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| No. 8 - 860 / 07 - 0976 |
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| HALLETT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, A Minnesota Corporation, Plaintiff - Appellee, vs. FRANCIS A. MEISTER and IRENE M. MEISTER, MICHAEL F. MEISTER, and THOMAS J. MEISTER, Defendants - Appellants. ---------------------------------------------------------------- FRANCIS A. MEISTER and IRENE M. MEISTER, MICHAEL F. MEISTER, and THOMAS J. MEISTER, Counterclaimants - Appellants. vs. HALLETT CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, A Minnesota Corpor ation, Counterclaim Defendant - Appellee. |
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| No. 8 - 918 / 08 - 0074 |
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| C & J LEASING CORP., ASSIGNOR TO FRONTIER LEASING CORP. , ASSIGNEE, Plaintiff - Appellant, vs. BEASLEY INVESTMENTS, INC., d/b/a BRONZE BUNZ TANNING and SCOTT BEASLEY and HEATHER BEASLEY k/n/a HEATHER WILBUR, Individually, Defendants - Appellees. |
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| No. 8 - 932 / 08 - 0586 |
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| TROY BLACKFORD , Plaintiff - Appell ant , vs. PRAIRIE MEADOWS RACETRACK AND CASINO, INC. , Defendant - Appell ee . |
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| No. 8 - 933 / 08 - 0587 |
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| MARTIN SCHNOOR , Plaintiff - Appell ant , vs. ROBERT DESKIN and COUNTY OF WARREN , Defendant s - Appell ees . |
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| No. 8 - 939 / 08 - 0740 |
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| KNUTSON CONSTRUCTION SERVICES MIDWEST, INC. , Plaintiff - Appell ee , vs. BOARD OF REGENTS, STATE OF IOWA , Defendant - Appell ant . |
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| No. 8 - 942 / 08 - 0763 |
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| SHARON HUMMEL, Individually And on behalf of SAVE THE GREEN, INC., Plaintiffs - Appellants/Cross - Appellees, vs. DES MOINES INDEPENDENT COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT and the BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DES MOINES INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT and MARC WARD, GINNY STRONG, CONNIE BOESEN, TEREE CALDWELL - JOHNSON, DICK MURPHY, PHIL ROEDER, JEANETTE WOODS, JOE JONGEWAARD, NEAL WESTIN, ANDREA HAUER, KATH KAHOUN, DUANE VAN HEMERT, JAMIE WORNSON, and NANCY SEBRING, Individually, Defendants - Appellees/Cross - Appellants. |
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| No. 8 - 967 / 07 - 0664 |
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| STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff - Appellee, vs. DON CHRISTOPHER WHITE JR. , Defendant - Appellant. |
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| No. 8 - 969 / 07 - 1833 |
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| STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff - Appellee, vs. CASS LAWRENCE HESSE, Defendant - Appellant. |
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| No. 8 - 970 / 07 - 1958 |
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| VANWYK FARMS, L.C., VERNON VAN WYK, LORETTA VAN WYK, GENE LACAEYSE and MARY M. LACAEYSE, Plaintiffs - Appellants, vs. POWESHIEK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, BIG RIVER RESOURCES GRINNELL, L.L.C., DOUGLAS SHUTTS and ALEXANDER S. MOFFETT, Defendants - Appellees. ------------------------------------------------------ GENE LACAEYSE, MARY M. LACAEYSE, VERNON VAN WYK, LORETTA VAN WYK, and VAN WYK FARMS, L.C., Pla intiffs - Appellants, vs. POWESHIEK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, BIG RIVER RESOURCES GRINNELL, L.L.C., THOMAS LAW, DOUGLAS SHUTTS and ALEXANDER S. MOFFETT, Defendants - Appellees. ------------------------------------------------------ VERNON VAN WYK, LORETTA VAN WYK, VAN WYK FARMS, L.C., GENE LACAEYSE and MARY LACAEYSE Plaintiffs - Appellants, vs. POWESHIEK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, and BIG RIVER RESOU |
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| No. 8 - 989 / 08 - 0810 |
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| IN THE INTEREST OF M.K.M., Minor Child, J.C.M., Father, Petitioner - Appellant, C.K.V., Mother, Appellee. |
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| No. 8 - 990 / 0 8 - 0812 |
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| IN THE MATTER OF THE GUARDIANSHIP OF A.B.G., JR. and A.L.G., Wards, A.B. and Y.B., Guardians, Appellants, T.K., Intervenor, Appellee. |
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| No. 8 - 995 / 08 - 1002 |
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| CARMELA TUTTLE, Plaintiff - Appellee, vs. KEYSTONE NURSING CARE CENTER, INC., Defendant - Appellant. |
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| No. 8 - 997 / 08 - 1088 |
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| GEN A MARIE FRITZ and THE ESTAT E OF JOHN W. FRITZ , Plaintiff s - Appell ants , vs. BETTY FRITZ, MARK FRITZ and PATTI FRITZ , Defendant s - Appell ees . |
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| No. 9 - 014 / 07 - 1869 |
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| SCHARY SANT AMOUR and CHRISTIAN SANT AMOUR, Plaintiffs - Appellants, vs. MARK E. HERMANSON, M.D., GENESIS HEALTH GROUP, GENESIS HEALTH SYSTEM, a nd OTHER UNKNOWN PARTIES, Defendants - Appellees. |
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| No. 9 - 016 / 08 - 0059 |
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| IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF MICHELLE ANNE KOELLING AND ROBERT HARLEN KOELLING Upon the Petition of MICHELLE ANNE KOELLING, Petitioner - Appellee/Cross - Appellant, And Concerning ROBERT HARLEN KOELLING, Respondent - Appellant/Cross - Appellee. |
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| No. 9 - 019 / 08 - 0379 |
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| CROELL REDI - MIX, INC. , Plaintiff /Counterclaim Defendant - Appell ant /Cross - Appellee , vs. HAROLD BALTES and DORIS BALTES , Defendant s/Counterclaimants - Appell ees /Cross - Appellants . HAROLD BALTES and DORIS BALTES, Third - Party Plaintiffs, vs. JAMES KLUNDER and JOYCE KLUNDER, Third - Party Defendants. |
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| No. 9 - 023 / 08 - 0 628 |
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| STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff - Appell ee , vs. DENIS JEROME GAILEY , Defendant - Appell ant . |
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| No. 9 - 034 / 08 - 1294 |
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| IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF STACI R. NIENKARK AND ALAN L. NIENKARK Upon the Petition of STACI R. NIENKARK, Petitioner - Appellee/Cross - Appellant, And Concerning ALAN L. NIENKARK, Respondent - Appellant/Cross - Appellee, |
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| No. 9 - 041 / 08 - 0683 |
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| STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff - Appellee, vs. ZACHARY RYAN ROSENTHAL, Defendant - Appellant. |
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| No. 9 - 043 / 08 - 0732 |
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| IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF GRANT C. BRINTNALL AND LINDA K. BRINTNALL Upon the Petition of GRANT CHRISTOPHER BRINTNALL, Petitioner - Appellee, And Concerning LINDA K. BRINTNALL, Respondent - Appellant. |
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| No. 9 - 053 / 08 - 0965 |
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| IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF STACY MICHELLE GUBBELS AND JEFF GERHARD GUBBELS Upon the Petition of STACY MICHELLE GUBBELS , Petitioner - Appell ee , And Concerning JEFF GERHARD GUB BELS , Respondent - Appell ant . |
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| No. 9 - 057 / 08 - 1103 |
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| IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF DIANA GAIL ARNOLD AND PHILIP ANDREW ARNOLD Upon the Petition of DIANA GAIL ARNOLD, Petitioner - Appellee, And Concerning PHILIP ANDREW ARNOLD, Respondent - Appellant. |
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| No. 9 - 059 / 08 - 1264 |
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| DIANE WILSON, Plaintiff - Appellee, vs. ISLE OF CAPRI CASINO, Defendant - Appellant. |
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| No. 9 - 091 / 08 - 0534 |
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| STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff - Appellee, vs. DION SCOTT MILLER , Defendant - Appellant. |
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| No. 9 - 092 / 08 - 0555 |
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| HELEN READING and FRANK READING , Plaintiff s - Appell ees , vs. BILL PETERSON , Defendant - Appell ant . |
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| No. 9 - 095 / 08 - 0615 |
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| STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff - Appellee, vs. MARTY ANGEL DIAZ , Defendant - Appellant. |
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| No. 9 - 106 / 08 - 0945 |
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| BONNIE FITZPATRICK, Plaintiff - Appellant, vs. SQUARE D, Employer - Appellee, INSURANCE COMPANY, STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA, Insurance Carrier/Respondent - Appellee. |
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| No. 9 - 118 / 08 - 1238 |
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| IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF MARY MOORE JONES AND DOUGLAS HOWARD JONES Upon the Petition of MARY MOORE JONES, Petitioner - Appellee, And Concerning DOUGLAS HOWARD JONES, Respondent - Appellant. __ |
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| No. 9 - 119 / 08 - 1240 |
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| JIMMY D. LEAF, SR. and SHERRIE L. LEAF, Plaintiffs - Appellants, vs. JASON LEAR and DANIELLE LEAR, Defendants - Appellees. |
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| No. 9 - 121 / 08 - 1317 |
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| IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF CONNIE J. HOLMES AND THOMAS L. HOLMES Upon the Petition of CONNIE J. HOLMES, Petitioner - Appellant /Cross - Appellee , And Concerning THOMAS L. HOLMES, Respondent - Appellee /Cross - Appellant . _ |
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| No. 9 - 142 / 08 - 0051 |
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| STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff - Appellee, vs. JODY NOLAN McCULLAH , Defendant - Appellant. |
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| No. 9 - 148 / 08 - 0525 |
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| STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff - Appellee, vs. TRENT ANTHONY VIKEL , Defendant - Appellant. |
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| No. 9 - 154 / 08 - 0838 |
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| RODNEY FITZGERALD JACKSON, Applicant - Appellant, vs. STATE OF IOWA, Respondent - Appellee. |
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| No. 9 - 159 / 08 - 1077 |
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| STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff - Appellee, vs. MICHAEL DAVID PAPESH, Defendant - Appellant. |
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| No. 9 - 166 / 09 - 0053 |
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| IN THE INTEREST OF O.K.W. and A.M.R., Minor Children, S.B.H., Mother, Appellant . |
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| No. 9 - 167 / 09 - 0094 |
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| IN THE INTEREST OF K.L.S., B.A.M., H.J.M., and I.R.M., Minor Children, J.S.M., Mother, Appellant. |
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| No. 9 - 168 / 09 - 0130 |
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| IN THE INTEREST OF K.C., Minor Child, W.C., Father, Appellant. |
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| No. 9 - 169 / 09 - 0096 |
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| IN THE INTEREST OF B.K. and B.K. Jr. Minor Children, S.M.K., Mother, Appellant. |
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| No. 9 - 170 / 09 - 0200 |
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| IN THE INTEREST OF S.T., Minor Child, H.M.T., Mother, Appellant. |
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| No. 9 - 172 / 09 - 0202 |
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| IN THE INTEREST OF J.M. and C.M., Minor Children, T.D.M., Mother, Appellant. |
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| No. 9 - 173 / 09 - 0204 |
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| IN THE INTEREST OF D.T., D.T., D.S., and D.T., Minor Children, C.L.T., Mother, Appellant. |
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| No. 9 - 174 / 08 - 1938 |
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| IN THE INTEREST OF J.S., J.S., and M.S. , Minor Children, L.S., Mother, Appellant. |
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| No. 9 - 175 / 09 - 0048 |
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| IN THE INTEREST OF D.T., J.R., and E.R., Minor Children, A.T., Mother, Appellant, M.C., Father, Appellant. |
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| No. 9 - 180 / 07 - 1684 |
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| TROY A. HARTSON, Applicant - Appellant, vs. STATE OF IOWA, Respondent - Appellee. |
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| No. 9 - 199 / 09 - 0203 |
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| IN THE INTEREST OF J.N. , Minor Child, T.N., Mother, Appellant. |
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