The Iowa Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case Cory Burnett v. Phillip Smith and State of Iowa during a special evening session in Des Moines, Monday, February 20, at 7:00 p.m. in the Supreme Court Courtroom on the fourth floor of the Judicial Branch Building, 1111 East Court Avenue.
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). The average yield during the most recent month for securities included in the one-year treasury constant maturity index was 4.79 percent. This notice will be updated and distributed monthly.
Iowans in Shelby, Sioux, Polk, Marshall, Dubuque, and Davis counties may participate in a pilot project to receive text message reminders of upcoming court dates or payment plan due dates.
The Iowa Court of Appeals has reselected Judge Thomas N. Bower, Cedar Falls, as chief judge. Chief Judge Bower has served on the court of appeals since 2012 and was first elected chief judge in 2019.
On Wednesday, January 11, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. in the House Chambers, Chief Justice Susan Larson Christensen of the Iowa Supreme Court will address a joint convention of the General Assembly on the Condition of the Judiciary.
The Iowa Supreme Court reselected Justice Susan Christensen, Harlan, as chief justice. Chief Justice Christensen’s previous term on the court expired December 31, 2022. Her new term begins January 1, 2023. A chief justice serves for two years.
The justices of the Iowa Supreme Court, former colleagues, and friends remember former Iowa Supreme Court Justice Charles Wolle. Justice Wolle served on the Iowa Supreme Court from 1983 until he was appointed United States District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa on August 6, 1987. A memorial page with statements from past and present Iowa Supreme Court Justices regarding the passing of Justice Charles Wolle is on the judicial branch website at https://www.iowacourts.gov/iowa-courts/supreme-court/justices/in-memoriam-justice-wolle/
Chief Justice Susan Christensen has appointed District Court Judge Adria Kester, Ogden, as chief judge of the Second Judicial District. Judge Kester succeeds Chief Judge James M. Drew who will retire February 9, 2023. Judge Kester will begin the position of chief judge February 10, 2023.
Nominating petitions are now available for individuals who wish to have their name listed on the ballot to fill a vacancy on the District Judicial Nominating Commission in District 8A for the remainder of a term that will expire on January 31, 2026.
Nominating petitions are now available for individuals who wish to have their names listed on the ballot to fill state judicial nominating commissioner positions with terms that will expire on June 30, 2023.