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Thomas D. Waterman

Justice, Iowa Supreme Court

Thomas D. Waterman 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

Dartmouth College
University of Iowa

Judicial Record

In our data, Waterman authored 126 published opinions for the court (2011–2019), plus 29 dissents and 24 concurrences. Most cited: Brenda J. Alcala v. Marriott International, Inc. and Courtyard Management Corporation D/B/A Quad Cities Courtyard by Marriott (338 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. 179 of these were attributed to Waterman 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
2016Brenda J. Alcala v. Marriott International, Inc. and Courtyard Management Corporation D/B/A Quad Cities Courtyard by Marriott†880 N.W.2d 699338
2014State v. Lyle· Dissent†854 N.W.2d 378301
2011State of Iowa v. Randall Lee Pals· Dissent†805 N.W.2d 767252
2017State of Iowa v. Kelvin Plain Sr.· Concurrence†898 N.W.2d 801249
2016State of Iowa v. Donald James Hill†878 N.W.2d 269239
2018Jacob Lee Schmidt v. State of Iowa· Dissent†909 N.W.2d 778226
2015In Re the Marriage of Tracy Lynn Hoffman and Ernst Franklin Hoffman, Upon the Petition of Tracy Lynn Hoffman· Dissent†867 N.W.2d 26214
2014State of Iowa v. Patrick Michael Dudley· Concurrence†856 N.W.2d 668197
2013State of Iowa v. Christopher Craig Thompson†837 N.W.2d 180173
2015State of Iowa v. Kevin Deshay Ambrose· Concurrence†861 N.W.2d 550163
2015State of Iowa v. Hillary Lee Tyler· Concurrence†867 N.W.2d 136153
2014State of Iowa v. Justin Dean Short· Dissent†851 N.W.2d 474153
2015State of Iowa v. Andrew James Lopez†872 N.W.2d 159149
2018Brian K. Allison v. State of iowa· Dissent†914 N.W.2d 866136
2013State of Iowa v. Jonas Dorian Neiderbach†836 N.W.2d 470135

Showing the 15 most-cited of 179 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 Thomas D. Waterman on?
Thomas D. Waterman 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).