Luke E. Linnan
Luke E. Linnan was a Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, who joined the court in 1958. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓
- Born
- 1895 · age 131
- Tenure
- 1958–1958
Judicial service
| Year | Court | Appointed by | Vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Iowa Supreme Court | – | – |
Judicial Record
In our data, Linnan authored 6 published opinions for the court (1958). Most cited: State v. Long (9 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. 1 of these was attributed to Linnan 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
| Year | Case | Citation | Cited |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | State v. Long | 93 N.W.2d 744 | 9 |
| 1958 | Kirtley v. Chamberlin | 93 N.W.2d 80 | 7 |
| 1958 | State v. Garman | 93 N.W.2d 105 | 5 |
| 1958 | Indianola Country Club v. FIREMAN'S FUND INSUR. CO. | 92 N.W.2d 402 | 4 |
| 1958 | Ball v. Williams† | 250 Iowa 216 | 1 |
| 1958 | Johnston v. District Township of Ellsworth | 93 N.W.2d 132 | 0 |
Showing the 6 most-cited of 6 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
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Sources
Each fact on this page traces to a primary public record.
- CourtListener / Free Law Project
- CourtListener bulk data (Free Law Project): authored opinions & citation counts
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Joined the court in 1958. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).