News Release
April 4, 2012
Contact: Steve
Davis, Court Communications Officer, (515)725-8058
Iowa
Supreme Court to Visit Eight High Schools in the Quad Cities Area
Des
Moines, April 4, 2012 —
On Wednesday, April 11, the Iowa
Supreme Court will visit eight high schools in the Quad-Cities area to talk
with students about the role of the courts. The justices will visit with
students at West, Central, and Assumption High Schools in Davenport;
Bettendorf, and Pleasant Valley High Schools, and Rivermont Collegiate in
Bettendorf; North Scott High School in Eldridge; and Clinton High School in
Clinton.
High
school visit schedule for April 11:
7:45
a.m.—Justice Daryl Hecht will visit Davenport Central High School
8:40
a.m.—Justice Edward Mansfield will visit North Scott Senior High
School
9:00
a.m.—Justice David Wiggins will visit Davenport West High School
9:00
a.m.—Justice Thomas Waterman will visit Pleasant Valley High School
9:00
a.m.—Justice Bruce Zager will visit Clinton High School
9:20 a.m.—Justice
Brent Appel will visit Davenport Assumption High School
10:00
a.m.—Chief Justice Mark Cady will visit Bettendorf High School
11:00 a.m.—Justice
Thomas Waterman will visit Rivermont
Collegiate
News media
wishing to cover a justice visit to either Davenport West or Davenport Central
High Schools must first contact Davenport Community School District
Communication Specialist Dawn Saul at saulda@davenportschools.org
or 563-336-5088.
The school
visits are in conjunction with a special session of the supreme court in the
Quad Cities on the evening of April 10. The court will hear oral arguments
in two cases in the Pleasant Valley High School auditorium. This session
begins at 7 p.m. As always, oral arguments are open to the public.
Special
Session
Tuesday,
April 10, at 7 p.m.
Pleasant
Valley High School auditorium
604 Belmont
Road
Bettendorf,
Iowa
The court
will hear attorneys argue in two cases.
11-0834
Lewis vs. The City of Dubuque
Plaintiff
appeals the decision of the Iowa District Court for Dubuque County dismissing
her claim that she was illegally evicted from her apartment. Plaintiff
often used her gas oven, with door open, to heat her apartment and left water
running for extended periods. Acting under a Dubuque City Ordinance, the
landlord changed the locks to the apartment and moved plaintiff's possessions
to the front step. Plaintiff contends the city ordinance violates her due
process rights and is preempted by Iowa's Uniform Residential Landlord Tenant
Act (URLTA). Defendant argues that Iowa's URLTA was not meant to prohibit
cities from addressing such emergency situations.
The attorney
representing the appellant is Raymond Johnson, West Des Moines, and the
attorneys representing the appellee are Cory Thein, Dubuque, and Leslie
Reddick, Dubuque.
11-1581
Dier vs. Peters
Should Iowa
recognize a cause of action for paternity fraud? Plaintiff seeks
reimbursement from the mother of a child plaintiff financially and emotionally
supported, claiming the mother knew plaintiff was not the father of the
child. The parties were never married. Plaintiff claims the mother
led him to believe he was the child's biological father, and that only after a
custody evaluation was favorable to him did the mother announce that he was not
the father. The mother argues the court should reject such claims when the
plaintiff declined paternity confirmation and voluntarily supported the
child. Plaintiff appeals the Iowa District Court for Grundy County
decision dismissing plaintiff's claim.
The attorney
representing the appellant is Barry Kaplan, Marshalltown, and the attorney
representing the appellee is Lynn Wiese, Iowa Falls.
Public
Reception
There will be
a public reception sponsored by the Scott County Bar Association in the Pleasant
Valley High School cafeteria immediately following the court proceedings.
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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2012
Iowa
Supreme Court
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