News Release
March 5, 2012
Contact: Steve
Davis, Court Communications Officer, (515)725-8058
Iowa
Supreme Court to Visit Seven High Schools and Community College Classes in
Council Bluffs Area
Des
Moines, March 5, 2012 —
On Thursday, March 8, members of
the Iowa Supreme Court will visit seven Council Bluffs area high schools and
also classes at Iowa Western Community College to talk with students about the
role of the courts. In Council Bluffs, the justices will visit with students at
Jefferson, Lincoln, and St. Albert High Schools and the Iowa School for the
Deaf. Justices will also visit Glenwood High School and Treynor
High School.
In addition
to the school visits, the court will hold a special session in Council Bluffs
on the evening of Wednesday, March 7. The court will hear oral arguments in two
cases at the Iowa Western Community College Arts Center. This session begins at
7 p.m. As always, oral arguments are open to the public. A public reception
with the justices, sponsored by the Pottawattamie County Bar Association, will
follow the oral arguments.
High
school visit schedule March 8, 2012:
8:30
a.m.—Chief Justice Mark Cady will visit The Iowa School for the Deaf
8:30
a.m.—Justice Daryl Hecht will visit Council Bluffs Lincoln High School
8:40
a.m.—Justice Thomas Waterman will visit Council Bluffs Lewis Central High
School
9:00
a.m.—Justice David Wiggins will visit Council Bluffs Jefferson High School
8:50
a.m.—Justice Edward Mansfield will visit Glenwood High School
9:30
a.m.—Justice Brent Appel will visit St. Albert High
School
10:30
a.m.—Justices Wiggins and Waterman will visit Iowa Western Community College
1:00
p.m.—Justice Mansfield will visit Treynor High School
Special
session:
Wednesday,
March 7 at 7 p.m.
Iowa Western
Community College Arts Center
2700 College
Road
Council
Bluffs, Iowa
The court
will hear attorneys argue in two cases:
Mall Real
Estate v. City of Hamburg
Plaintiff,
Mall Real Estate, asked the Iowa District Court for Fremont County to declare
that the City of Hamburg's "sexually-oriented business" ordinance
either did not apply to plaintiff's business or that it was an unconstitutional
regulation and could not be enforced against plaintiff's business. The district
court found the ordinance did apply to plaintiff's business and that it was a
constitutional regulation. Plaintiff appeals the district court determination.
The lawyers
for Mall Real Estate are: Brian B. Vakulskas and
Daniel P. Vakulskas, Sioux City, and W. Andrew
McCullough, Utah. The lawyer for the City of Hamburg is Raymond R. Aranza, Cedar Rapids.
American
Civil Liberties Union v. Atlantic School District
Petitioner,
the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), seeks additional information
regarding discipline imposed on two school district employees after a
"locker room strip search" of five female students. The Atlantic
School District claims Iowa law does not require public disclosure of such job
performance documents. The ACLU argues the Iowa Court of Appeals incorrectly
interpreted a recent legislative amendment that should have permitted
disclosure of the disciplinary action.
The lawyer
for the American Civil Liberties Union is: Randall C. Wilson, Des Moines. The
lawyers for the Atlantic Community School District are: Brett S. Nitzschke, and Emily K. Ellingson,
Cedar Rapids.
Public
Reception
There will be
a public reception sponsored by the Pottawattamie Bar Association immediately
following the court proceeding in the Iowa Western Community College Arts
Center.
Live
Streaming
The March 7
oral arguments will be streamed live by Iowa Western Community College CBTV 17
available live online at http://www.ihigh.com/iwcc (click on the Iowa Supreme
Court link) beginning at 7:00 p.m.
For More
Information
Attorneys'
briefs for the two cases and a "Guide to Oral Arguments" are posted
on the Iowa Judicial Branch website at:
http://www.iowacourts.gov/Supreme_Court/Offsite_Oral_Arguments/
Note to
Editors: News media
are invited to attend the oral arguments. Court rules regarding expanded media
coverage apply.
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Supreme Court
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