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Tuesday, July 11, 2017 9:00 AM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
17-0287Oral In the Interest of L.M., Minor Child, K.L., Mother

Justin R. Wyatt for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Ana Dixit and Tabitha J. Gardner, Assistant Attorney General, and Carl M. Sonksen, County Attorney, for appellee.

Sarah M. Hart, guardian-ad-litem for minor child.

17-0193Oral Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Lawrence L. Lynch
Attorney for the Appellee

Susan A. Wendel

Attorney for the Appellant

Leon F. Spies

17-0254Non-Oral Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Rodney Howard Powell
Attorney for the Complainant

Amanda K. Robinson

Attorney for the Respondent

Rodney Howard Powell

17-0420Non-Oral Iowa Supreme Court Disciplinary Board v. Kim Marlow West
Attorney for the Complainant

Susan A. Wendel

Attorney for the Respondent

Kim Marlow West

17-0879Non-Oral Iowa Supreme Court Disciplinary Board v. Luke D. Guthrie
Attorney for the Complainant

Andrew Boettger

Attorneys for the Respondent

David L. Brown Tyler R. Smith

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 9:00 AM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
16-0158Oral In the Interest of T.H., Minor Child

Kathryn C. Stevens, Public Defender, Sioux City (until withdrawal) and Zachary S. Hindman for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Mary A. Triick, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

15-0772Oral Robert Krogmann v. State of Iowa
Attorney for the Applicant

Angela L. Campbell

Attorneys for the Resister

Martha A. Trout Robert H. Sand

15-0011Non-Oral Bernard J. Wihlm and Patricia M. Balek v. Shirley A. Campbell and Parties in Possession
Attorney for the Applicant

Collin M. Davison

Attorney for the Resister

Michael G. Byrne

15-0829Non-Oral State of Iowa v. Khasif Rasheed White
Attorney for the Resister

Timothy M. Hau

Attorney for the Applicant

Jane M. White

15-1630Non-Oral State of Iowa v. Johnnie Ray Steiger
Attorney for the Resister

Kelli A. Huser

Attorney for the Applicant

Nan Jennisch

Wednesday, September 13, 2017 1:30 PM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
15-1408Oral Jacob Lee Schmidt v. State of Iowa
Attorney for the Applicant

Martha J. Lucey

Attorney for the Resister

Sheryl Soich

15-1560Oral State of Iowa v. Stephen Robert Jonas
Attorney for the Resister

Linda J. Hines

Attorney for the Applicant

Robert P. Ranschau

Thursday, September 14, 2017 9:00 AM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
15-2203Oral State of Iowa v. Rene Zarate
Attorney for the Appellee

Louis S. Sloven

Attorneys for the Appellant

Alexander Smith Benjamin Bergmann

17-0183Oral State of Iowa v. Abraham K. Watkins
Attorneys for the Appellee

Jeffrey S. Thompson Julia S. Kim

Attorneys for the Appellant

Gina Messamer John Maschman

16-0203Non-Oral State of Iowa v. Christopher Scott Jepsen
Attorney for the Appellee

Louis S. Sloven

Attorney for the Appellant

Zachary S. Hindman

16-0900Non-Oral State of Iowa v. James Michael Coleman
Attorney for the Appellee

Louis S. Sloven

Attorney for the Appellant

Vidhya K. Reddy

Thursday, September 14, 2017 1:30 PM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
16-1213Oral State of Iowa v. Jose Willfredo Lopez
Attorney for the Appellee

Timothy M. Hau

Attorney for the Appellant

Mark C. Smith

16-0372Non-Oral State of Iowa v. Clark Andrew Brewster
Attorney for the Appellee

Tyler J. Buller

Attorney for the Appellant

Nan Jennisch

Friday, September 15, 2017 10:30 AM

Levitt Auditorium, University of Iowa, Iowa City

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
16-0775Oral Oliver Fenceroy v. Gelita USA, Inc., Tom Haire, and Jeff Tolsma
Attorney for the Appellee

Stanley E. Munger

Attorney for the Appellant

Aaron A. Clark

Tuesday, September 19, 2017 7:00 PM

Hoover High School Auditorium, Des Moines, Iowa

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
16-0736Oral State of Iowa v. Bion Blake Ingram
Attorney for the Appellee

Kyle P. Hanson

Attorney for the Appellant

Mary K. Conroy

Wednesday, September 20, 2017 9:30 AM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
17-1023Oral State of Iowa v. Iowa District Court for Jones County
Attorneys for the Plaintiff

Jeffrey S. Thompson John B. McCormally H. Loraine Wallace

Attorney for the Defendant

Philip B. Bears

Wednesday, September 20, 2017 1:30 PM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
16-1290Non-Oral Brian James Maxwell v. Iowa Department of Public Safety
Attorneys for the Appellant

Brandon Brown Gina Messamer

Attorney for the Appellee

John R. Lundquist

16-0563Oral State of Iowa v. Danielle Brown
Attorney for the Appellee

Kevin Cmelik

Attorney for the Appellant

Mary K. Conroy

16-1731Oral Paula J. Tyler and Mark J. Alcorn v. Iowa Department of Revenue
Attorneys for the Appellant

David J. Dutton Ekrich D. Priebe

Attorneys for the Appellee

Donald D. Stanley Hristo Chaprazov

Thursday, October 12, 2017 7:00 PM

Davenport Central H.S. Performing Arts Center, 1120 Main St

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
15-1543Oral State of Iowa v. Carlos Ariel Gomez Garcia
Attorney for the Applicant

Louis S. Sloven

Attorney for the Resister

Courtney T. Wilson

Tuesday, October 17, 2017 9:00 AM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
15-2143Oral Wilma Jean Kellogg v. City of Albia, Iowa
Attorneys for the Resister

Zachary C. Priebe Jeffrey S. Carter

Attorneys for the Applicant

Sarah E. Crane Michael C. Richards

16-1462Oral Mark Griffioen, Joyce Ludvicek, Mike Ludvicek, Sandra Skelton, and Brian Vanous, Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, v. Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Railway Company, Alliant Energy Corporation, Union Pacific Railroad Company, and Union Pacific Corporation.
Attorneys for the Appellant

Sam Sheronick C. Brooks Cutter John R. Parker Jr. Russell G. Petti Edward A. Wallace Eric J. Ratinoff

Attorneys for the Appellee

Kevin H. Collins Sarah J. Gayer Timothy R. Thornton Leah Ceee O. Boomsma Bruce E. Johnson Charles T. Hvass Jr. Alice E. Loughran

17-0920Non-Oral In the Interest of L.H., Minor Child

Mark J. Neary for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Mary A. Triick (until withdrawal) and Kathryn K. Lang, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

Sara Strain Linder, guardian ad litem, for minor child.

Tuesday, October 17, 2017 1:30 PM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
16-1658Oral City of Eagle Grove, Iowa v. Cahalan Investments, L.L.C.
Attorney for the Appellant

Lynn Collins Seaba

Attorney for the Appellee

Eric J. Eide

16-1732Oral In re the Detention of Nicholas Wygle

Michael H. Adams, Chief Public Defender, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Tyler J. Buller, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

16-2141Non-Oral In re the Detention of Ronald Tripp

Jill Eimermann, Assistant Public Defender, Des Moines, for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, Tyler J. Buller and Keisha F. Cretsinger, Assistant Attorneys General, for appellee.

Wednesday, October 18, 2017 9:00 AM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
16-1619Oral Guillermo Hernandez Ruiz v. State of Iowa
Attorneys for the Appellee

Nichole Miras Mordini Margaret A. Hanson

Attorney for the Appellant

Thomas J. Ogden

16-0304Non-Oral Laverne Edward Belk v. State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant

John J. Bishop

Attorneys for the Appellee

John McCormally Nicholas E. Seifert

16-1171Non-Oral Kevin Kel Franklin v. State of Iowa
Attorney for the Appellant

Unes J. Booth

Attorney for the Appellee

Thomas J. Ogden

Wednesday, October 18, 2017 1:30 PM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
16-0624Oral First American Bank and C.J. Land, L.L.C. v. Fobian Farms, Inc., Hoover Highway Business Park, Inc., and Gateway, Ltd.
Attorneys for the Resister

Mark A. Roberts Lynn W. Hartman Dawn M. Gibson

Attorney for the Applicant

Gregg A. Geerdes

17-1338Non-Oral Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Jason A. Springer
Attorney for the Complainant

Wendell J. Harms

Attorney for the Respondent

Mark McCormick

17-1110Non-Oral Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Kenneth J. Smith
Attorney for the Complainant

Patrick W. O'Bryan

Attorney for the Respondent

David L. Brown

Thursday, November 2, 2017 7:00 PM

Cedar Falls High School Auditorium, 1015 S. Division Street

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
16-1112Oral State of Iowa v. Jason Gene Weitzel
Attorney for the Applicant

Kevin Cmelik

Attorney for the Resister

David A. Kuehner

Monday, November 13, 2017 9:00 AM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
16-0287Oral Susan Ackerman v. State of Iowa, Iowa Workforce Development, Teresa Wahlert, Teresa Hillary, and Devon Lewis
Attorneys for the Resister

William W. Grahm Wesley T. Graham

Attorneys for the Applicant

Jeffrey C. Peterzalek Matthew T. Oetker Susan J. Hemminger

16-1980Oral State of Iowa v. Dustin James Ortiz
Attorney for the Appellee

Thomas E. Bakke

Attorney for the Appellant

Stephan J. Japuntich

16-0279Non-Oral State of Iowa v. Thierno Yaya Diallo
Attorney for the Appellee

Thomas E. Bakke

Attorney for the Appellant

Anne K. Wilson

Monday, November 13, 2017 1:30 PM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
16-1684Oral State of Iowa v. Bradley Elroy Wickes
Attorney for the Appellee

Louis S. Sloven

Attorneys for the Appellant

Eric D. Puryear Eric S. Mail

15-0471Oral Westco Agronomy Company, LLC v. William S. Wollesen a/k/a Bill Wollesen, Kristi J. Wollesen, William S. and Kristi J. Wollesen Revocable Trust, John W. Wollesen, Iowa Plains Farms and Chad A. Hartzler
Attorneys for the Applicant

John F. Lorentzen Thomas H. Walton John A. Gerken

Attorneys for the Appellee

John C. Gray Joel D. Vos Samuel L. Blatnick

16-1265Non-Oral Alexander Shcharansky and Tatiana Shcharansky v. Vadim Shapiro, Boris Pusin, Ilya Markevich, Alex Komm, and Dmitry Khots.
Attorneys for the Applicant

Mark E. Weinhardt Danielle M. Shelton

Attorneys for the Resister

Jason C. Palmer Timothy N. Lillwitz

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 9:00 AM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
16-0851Oral State of Iowa v. Noah Riley Crooks
Attorneys for the Appellee

Bridget A. Chambers Denise A. Timmins

Attorney for the Appellant

Martha J. Lucey

16-1884Oral Tina Elizabeth Lee v. The State of Iowa and The Polk County Clerk of Court
Attorneys for the Appellant

Paige Fiedler Brooke Timmer

Attorneys for the Appellee

Jeffrey S. Thompson David M. Ranscht Jeffrey Peterzalek

15-1344Non-Oral Samir M. Shams v. Sona Hassan
Attorney for the Applicant

Andrew B. Howie

Attorney for the Resister

Steven C. Reed

Tuesday, November 14, 2017 1:30 PM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
16-1364Oral Kelly Brewer-Strong v. HNI Corporation
Attorneys for the Appellant

Anthony Bribriesco Andrew W. Bribriesco William Bribriesco

Attorney for the Appellee

Valerie A. Landis

16-0764Oral Brian K. Allison v. State of Iowa
Attorney for the Applicant

Robert E. Breckenridge

Attorney for the Resister

Kelli Huser

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 9:00 AM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
15-0943Oral Shari Kinseth and Ricky Kinseth, Coexecutors of the Estate of Larry Kinseth, Deceased, and Shari Kinseth Individually v. Weil-McLain and State of Iowa ex rel. Civil Reparations Trust Fund
Attorney for the Applicant

James H. Cook, Lisa W. Shirley, Misty A. Farris, Jay E. Stuemke, David C. Greenstone, and Kevin W. PaulJames H. Cook, Lisa W. Shirley, Misty A. Farris, Jay E. Stuemke, David C. Greenstone, and Kevin W. Paul

Attorney for the Resister

William R. Hughes Jr., Robert M. Livingston, Richard C. Godfrey, Scott W. Fowkes, Howard M. Kaplan, Ryan J. Moorman, Edward J. McCambridge, and Jason P. Eckerly for Weil-McLain. Richard E. Mull for State of Iowa ex rel. Civil Reparations Trust Fund

17-0851Oral In the Interest of A.S., Minor Child

Robert F. Bozwell Jr. for appellant.

Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General, and Ana Dixit for appellee-applicant.

Julie R. De Vries, guardian ad litem for minor child-applicant. 

Tuesday, December 12, 2017 1:30 PM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
17-0468Non-Oral Ghost Player, LLC and CH Investors, LLC, v. Iowa Department of Economic Development
Attorneys for the Appellee

Van T. Everett Richard O. McConville

Attorneys for the Appellant

Jeffrey S. Thompson David L.D. Faith II

16-2015Non-Oral Israel Merlos v. Banegas Contracting, LLC and SFM Insurance
Attorneys for the Appellee

Mary K. Hoefer Eric L. Bigley

Attorney for the Appellant

Thomas D. Wolle

Wednesday, December 13, 2017 9:00 AM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
16-0955Oral State of Iowa v. Wonetah Einfeldt
Attorney for the Appellee

Louis S. Sloven

Attorney for the Appellant

Vidhya K. Reddy

17-0460Non-Oral State of Iowa v. Chad Dennis Vance
Attorney for the Appellee

Louis S. Sloven

Attorney for the Appellant

Joseph A. Cacciatore

Wednesday, December 13, 2017 1:30 PM

Case Number Case Parties Attorneys
17-0376Oral P.M. and C.M. v. T.B. and D.B.
Attorneys for the Appellee

Harold J. Cassidy Andrew B. Howie

Attorneys for the Appellant

Kevin C. Rigdon Philip J. De Koster

16-0894Non-Oral State of Iowa v. Deshaun Marvin Lamar Williams
Attorney for the Resister

Tyler J. Buller

Attorney for the Resister

Christopher A. Clausen

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