State Supreme Court / Iowa

State of Iowa v. Max v. Thorndike

Decided February 27, 2015. Bruce B. Zager wrote the opinion for the court.

860 N.W.2d 316 · Cited 175 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

State of Iowa v. Allen Bradley Clay · 824 N.W.2d 488
State v. Maxwell · 743 N.W.2d 185
Kent A. Simmons Vs. State Public Defender · 791 N.W.2d 69
State v. Straw · 709 N.W.2d 128
Lynn G. Lamasters Vs. State of Iowa · 821 N.W.2d 856
State v. Truesdell · 679 N.W.2d 611
State v. Heemstra · 721 N.W.2d 549
State v. Tate · 710 N.W.2d 237
State v. Lyman · 776 N.W.2d 865
Daniel King v. State of Iowa · 797 N.W.2d 565
State v. Lathrop · 781 N.W.2d 288
State v. Tejeda · 677 N.W.2d 744
State of Iowa v. Jonathan Q. Adams · 810 N.W.2d 365
State v. Pilcher · 242 N.W.2d 348
State v. Hogrefe · 557 N.W.2d 871
State v. Mays · 204 N.W.2d 862
State v. Martens · 569 N.W.2d 482
State v. Hill · 449 N.W.2d 626
State v. Propps · 376 N.W.2d 619
State v. Broughton · 450 N.W.2d 874

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State of Iowa v. Jayel Antrone Coleman · 890 N.W.2d 284
State of Iowa v. Eddie Tipton · 897 N.W.2d 653
State of Iowa v. Zyriah Henry Floyd Schlitter · 881 N.W.2d 380
Tina Haskenhoff v. Homeland Energy Solutions, LLC · 897 N.W.2d 553
State of Iowa v. Kent Anthony Tyler III · 873 N.W.2d 741
State of Iowa v. James Alon Shorter · 893 N.W.2d 65
State of Iowa v. Najawuan M. Quinn · 922 N.W.2d 104
State of Iowa v. Jeffery E. Tyler · 922 N.W.2d 104

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