The Iowa Court of Appeals selects certain opinions for publication in the Northwestern Reporter. On Aug. 27, the Court of Appeals selected four opinions for publication. Following are summaries of those opinions.
State v. Voshell, No. 23-1059
Opinion date: July 3, 2024
On appeal from the Iowa District Court for Dubuque County
Issue:
E-reporting Bill signed / new book on SCOTUS footnotes
Today Governor Newsom signed AB3013 regarding ‘remote court reporting,’ which allows for certain superior courts (including LA, Ventura, and SD) to conduct pilot projects to study the potential use of remote court reporting to make verbatim records of certain court proceedings.Yesterday’s Wall St. Journal had ‘The Supreme Court Footnote’ Review: Law at the Margins
Sills Award Dinner
The OCBA Appellate Law Section presents its Sills Award Dinner on October 29 (5:30 to 8 p.m.). The David G. Sills Award for Appellate Excellence will be presented to Justice Eileen Moore and the program will feature Dean Erwin Chemerinsky and Stanford Law Prof. Michael McConnell
Building an appellate practice
The five California Appellate Projects (ADI, CAP-LA, CCAP, FDAP, SDAP) are presenting a Zoom webinar titled How to Build at Appellate Practice on October 17 @ 12:15 — “Learn about the benefits of handling court-appointed appeals, including greater work-life balance and the opportunity to shape the law.” See Appellate-Panels-Recruitment-Fall-2024.pdf (fdap.org)How clear is it that
Voights to Pillsbury
The Recorder has Pillsbury Hires US Appellate Practice Leader — “Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman hired former Assistant U.S. Attorney and Supreme Court Clerk Anne Voigts to lead its American appellate practice. Voigts joined Pillsbury’s Silicon Valley office after seven years and nine months as a partner at Palo Alto-based King & Spalding. She previously served
Judge McKeown to get the Justice Powell Award
Judge M. Margaret McKeown to Receive the 2024 American Inns of Court Lewis F. Powell Jr. Award — Senior Circuit Judge M. Margaret McKeown of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit will receive the prestigious 2024 American Inns of Court Lewis F. Powell Jr. Award for Professionalism and Ethics. The award will
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Beds to retire
The MetNews reports Court of Appeal Justice Bedsworth to Retire — Jurist Is Widely Lauded for Lucid, Pithy, Sometimes Humorous, Prose
- Court of Appeal Justice William W. Bedsworth—widely viewed as a giant in the judiciary based on opinions that are consistently marked by clarity and often by wit—will be retiring effective Oct. 21 from his
Iowa Supreme Court to hear arguments in eight cases Sept. 11 and 12
The Iowa Supreme Court will hear arguments in eight cases Sept. 11 and 12. Four other cases will be submitted to the Court without oral argument. Following are brief summaries of those cases. The Court will travel to Harlan Sept. 24 to hear arguments in one case. On Brief will preview that case closer to
Does your judge need a nudge? Consider the Ohio Supreme Court’s recently launched Case Inquiry Form
Time may be of the essence, but the wheels of justice turn slowly
The Ohio Supreme Court has recently focused on initiatives to enhance the timelier administration of justice. The Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio, for example, impose time limits for appellate and civil cases as indicated on the Supreme Court’s case-management