Announcements

The Iowa Court of Appeals filed 29 opinions on July 1, 2020.

Today, the Iowa Supreme Court approved the Fiscal Year 2021 Iowa Judicial Branch budget that begins July 1, 2020, based on this year's legislative appropriation of $181,023,737 which is $500,000 less than the appropriation in FY 2020.

June 30, 2020, is the last day of the 2019-2020 Iowa Supreme Court adjudicative term.  During the term, 109 cases were submitted to the court. All of the cases submitted to the court are complete, and the opinions are available on the Iowa Judicial Branch website at https://www.iowacourts.gov/iowa-courts/supreme-court/supreme-court-opinions/ . Oral argument videos, case briefs, attorney names, and the Iowa Court of Appeals decisions from further review cases can be found on the Iowa Judicial Branch website by searching for the case name or number using the site’s search function on the home page at https://www.iowacourts.gov .

The Iowa Supreme Court filed opinions in two cases this week.

Find the Report of the Jumpstart Family Law Trials Task Force, submitted pursuant to the May 22, 2020 order creating this task force, on our Reports page.

https://www.iowacourts.gov/for-the-public/reports/

For the second consecutive month, the Iowa Court of Appeals will hold oral arguments using videoconferencing. The court will livestream oral arguments in nine cases between June 22 and June 24.

The Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) and the Iowa Judicial Branch have collaborated on a checklist of COVID-19 protective measures so members of the public and state and county employees can safely return to Iowa’s courthouses. The checklist addresses signage, personal protective equipment, social distancing, and cleaning. Judicial branch officials, county elected officials, and county department heads in each courthouse can use the checklist as a guide as they prepare to resume in-person operations

This certification of the most recent one-year treasury constant maturity index published by the Federal Reserve in the H15 Report is distributed to the courts in conformance with Iowa Code Section 668.13(3) (2017).

The Iowa Supreme Court granted one further review application and denied 17 on June 9, 2020.

Chief Justice Christensen signed three supervisory orders regarding further actions taken in response to COVID-19.

https://www.iowacourts.gov/iowa-courts/covid-19-information-and-updates/