STATE OF THE JUDICIARY MESSAGE – JANUARY 11

Des Moines, January 5, 2012– On Wednesday, January 11, 2012, at 10 a.m. in the House Chambers, Chief Justice Mark Cady of the Iowa Supreme Court will address a joint convention of the General Assembly on the State of the Judiciary.

Live audio of the speech will be streamed on the Judicial Branch website at www.iowacourts.gov beginning at 10 a.m. The speech will be shown on a delayed broadcast at 7:00 p.m. on IPTV Channel 11.1.  A synopsis of the speech will be released Tuesday, January 10, 2011.

Members of the media may obtain advance copies of the speech at 8:30 a.m. in the supreme court courtroom at the Capitol. The message will be posted on the Iowa Judicial Branch website www.iowacourts.gov at 10:45 a.m.

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Iowa Supreme Court Opinions

December 30, 2011

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No. 11-0532

OYENS FEED & SUPPLY, INC. vs. PRIMEBANK

No. 11-1068

IOWA RIGHT TO LIFE COMMITTEE, INC., Plaintiff, vs. MEGAN TOOKER, In Her Official Capacity as Iowa Ethics and Campaign Disclosure Board Executive Director; JAMES ALBERT, JOHN WALSH, PATRICIA HARPER, GERALD SULLIVAN, SAIMA ZAFAR, and CAROLE TILLOTSON, In Their Official Capacities as Iowa

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December 12, 2011 --- Today, Chief Justice Cady signed an order amending Iowa Court Rule 46.13.


http://www.iowacourts.gov/wfdata/frame12624-1671/File136.pdf