Amended July 30, 2015 Danny Homan, Steven J. Sodders, Jack Hatch, Pat Murphy, and Mark Smith v. Terry Branstad, Governor, State of Iowa, and Charles M. Palmer, Director, Iowa Department of Human Services

Decided May 29, 2015. Edward M. Mansfield wrote the opinion for the court.

864 N.W.2d 321 · Cited 61 times

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• West Side Organization Health Services Corp. v. Thompson · 404 N.E.2d 208
• State v. Hernandez-Lopez · 639 N.W.2d 226
• Wengert v. Branstad · 474 N.W.2d 576
• In the Matter of the Guardianship and Conservatorship of Stuart Kennedy (Involuntary) Stuart Kennedy v. Maria Kennedy · 845 N.W.2d 707
• Godfrey v. State · 752 N.W.2d 413
• Iowa Bankers Ass'n v. Iowa Credit Union Department · 335 N.W.2d 439
• Rush v. Ray · 332 N.W.2d 325
• Women Aware v. Reagen · 331 N.W.2d 88
• Colton v. Branstad · 372 N.W.2d 184
• Rozanne E. King Alisha Jane King Dacie S. Houston, Individually and as Mother and Next Friend of Skylar Dwayne Ostrander, Chay Cortez Ostrander, and Adlia William Cortez Flood III Brandy R. Drake, Individually and as Mother and Next Friend of Logan Genner Luhmann, Susan Maule, Stephanie Maule, and Jacob Maule Michael Campbell, Individually and as Father and Next Friend of George Campbell and Soph · 818 N.W.2d 1
• State of Iowa v. Robert Paul Krogmann · 804 N.W.2d 518
• In the Matter of B.B., Alleged to Be Seriously Mentally Impaired, B.B. · 826 N.W.2d 425
• Iowa Mutual Insurance Co. v. McCarthy · 572 N.W.2d 537
• Rants v. Vilsack · 684 N.W.2d 193
• Maghee v. State · 773 N.W.2d 228
• New Hampshire Health Care Ass'n v. Governor · 161 N.H. 378
• Socony Vacuum Oil Company v. State · 170 N.W.2d 378
• Danny Homan, William A. Dotzler, Jr., Bruce Hunter, David Jacoby, Kirsten Running-Marquardt, and Daryl Beall v. Terry E. Branstad, Governor of the State of Iowa · 812 N.W.2d 623
• Douglass v. Iowa City · 218 N.W.2d 908
• Felicetti v. Secretary of Communities & Development · 386 Mass. 868

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• Danny Homan, Rich Taylor, Jerry Kearns, Mark Smith, Thomas Courtney, Janet Petersen, Bruce Hunter, Curt Hanson, Tony Bisignano, Herman Quirmbach, Dick Dearden, Art Staed, Ako Abdul-Samad, Jo Oldson, Ruth Ann Gaines, Sharon Steckman, Todd Taylor, Mary Gaskill, Kirsten Running-Marquardt, Timi Brown-Powers, Dave Jacoby, Pam Jochum, Matt McCoy, Michael Gronstal, and Bruce Bearinger v. Terry E. Branstad · 887 N.W.2d 153
• In the Interest of D.R. and A.W., Minor Children · 919 N.W.2d 767
• In the Interest of D.H., Minor Child, D.H. · 902 N.W.2d 584
• In the Interest of R.T. and X.T., Minor Children · 919 N.W.2d 768

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