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Edward M. Mansfield

Justice, Iowa Supreme Court

Edward M. Mansfield is a Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, serving since 2011. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure
Since 2011 · 15 yrs

Judicial service

YearCourtAppointed byVote
2011Iowa Supreme Court––

Education

Harvard University
Yale University

Judicial Record

In our data, Mansfield authored 142 published opinions for the court (2011–2019), plus 40 dissents and 43 concurrences. Most cited: In the Interest of A.M., Minor Child, A.M., Father (1,137 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 225 of these were attributed to Mansfield by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

YearCaseCitationCited
2014In the Interest of A.M., Minor Child, A.M., Father†843 N.W.2d 1001,137
2012In the Interest of A.B. & S.B., Minor Children, S.B., Father†815 N.W.2d 7641,071
2012Lynn G. Lamasters Vs. State of Iowa†821 N.W.2d 856493
2011In the Interest of H.S. And S.N., Minor Children, V.R., Mother†805 N.W.2d 737389
2014In the Interest of J.S. & N.S., Minor Children, A.S., Mother†846 N.W.2d 36351
2013State of Iowa v. Denem Anthony Null· Concurrence†836 N.W.2d 41303
2017State of Iowa v. Kelvin Plain Sr.· Concurrence†898 N.W.2d 801249
2018Jacob Lee Schmidt v. State of Iowa· Dissent†909 N.W.2d 778226
2015State of Iowa v. Tina Lynn Thacker· Dissent†862 N.W.2d 402217
2013State of Iowa v. Jeffrey K. Ragland· Concurrence†836 N.W.2d 107211
2013State of Iowa v. Tommy Tyler, Jr.· Concurrence†830 N.W.2d 288173
2015State of Iowa v. Damion John Seats· Dissent†865 N.W.2d 545171
2012Roger B. Ennenga v. State of Iowa· Dissent†812 N.W.2d 696166
2017State of Iowa v. Eddie Tipton· Concurrence†897 N.W.2d 653164
2014Nick Rhoades v. State of Iowa· Concurrence†848 N.W.2d 22156

Showing the 15 most-cited of 225 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Iowa Supreme Court reach the bench?
The court's current selection method is merit selection with retention.
Which court is Edward M. Mansfield on?
Edward M. Mansfield is a Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court.

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15 years on the Iowa Supreme Court. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).