13 results for 'judge:"Oxley"'.
J. Oxley finds that a construction company was improperly awarded restitution after prevailing in claims concerning the construction of a children's hospital at the University of Iowa because other more appropriate avenues for perusing reimbursement existed after the lower court overturned an injunction awarded to the university. Reversed in part.
Court: Iowa Supreme Court, Judge: Oxley, Filed On: April 26, 2024, Case #: 23-0239, Categories: Contract, Injunction
J. Oxley finds that the lower court properly dismissed fiduciary duty claims that minority shareholders in a family farming corporation brought against their brother and father because they failed to provide evidence indicating the brother acted as an agent for the operation. Even though he was the operations manager, the brother would have been acting in his own interests or as an employee.
Court: Iowa Supreme Court, Judge: Oxley, Filed On: April 19, 2024, Case #: 22-0259, Categories: Fraud, Fiduciary Duty
J. Oxley finds that defendant was properly convicted of child exploitation for recording his wife's 15-year-old sister using the bathroom without her knowledge because the act met the statutory definition of a “prohibited sexual act” by consisting of “[n]udity of a minor for the purpose of arousing or satisfying the sexual desires of a person who may view a visual depiction of the nude minor.” Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Supreme Court, Judge: Oxley, Filed On: April 19, 2024, Case #: 23-0600, Categories: Sex Offender, Child Pornography
J. Oxley quashes subpoenas issued to non-party legislators after the League of Latin American Citizens of Iowa challenged state election laws shortening voter registration time because the state constitution protects legislators from being compelled to produce documents when communications relate directly to the process of considering and enacting legislation.
Court: Iowa Supreme Court, Judge: Oxley, Filed On: February 23, 2024, Case #: 22–0401, Categories: Elections, Discovery
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J. Oxley finds that the district court improperly suppressed a blood test indicating defendant used methamphetamine in an action stemming from a car accident. The arresting officer falsely claimed he smelled alcohol on defendant's breath while seeking a warrant for the blood draw, but the relevant information had been excised from the warrant and the remaining claims supported the warrant. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Supreme Court, Judge: Oxley, Filed On: February 16, 2024, Case #: 22-0162, Categories: Drug Offender, Search
J. Oxley finds that a railway company was improperly granted a new trial following a jury verdict granting an employee damages for injuries sustained in a workplace accident because the company failed to establish prejudice resulting from the repetitive nature of the employee's rebuttal argument, which merely restated otherwise acceptable statements made in his initial closing argument.
Court: Iowa Court Of Appeals, Judge: Oxley, Filed On: December 22, 2023, Case #: 22-0587, Categories: Damages, Negligence
J. Oxley finds that a commercial truck driver was improperly convicted of possession of marijuana because he had been detained longer than necessary while police inspected his truck after a K-9 unit detected the drug in an open-air sniff.
Court: Iowa Supreme Court, Judge: Oxley, Filed On: December 8, 2023, Case #: 21-1133, Categories: Drug Offender, Search
J. Oxley finds that defendant was properly convicted based on his guilty plea to theft and being in possession of a firearm for taking two firearms from an acquaintance's house. Defendant must file a motion in arrest of judgment to claim his plea lacked a factual basis. Affirmed in part
Court: Iowa Supreme Court, Judge: Oxley, Filed On: November 3, 2023, Case #: 22-0553, Categories: Firearms, Theft, Plea
J. Oxley finds that the trial court properly ruled in favor of the school district in a civil rights, retaliation and hostile work environment action brought by the Black teacher's associate alleging that a white teacher engaged in racial discrimination that led to the associate's constructive discharge. The trial court correctly overruled the associate's challenge to the district's peremptory strike of the only Black potential juror. There is not sufficient evidence to show that the strike was motivated by discriminatory intent. The trial court correctly granted the teacher's motion for a directed verdict on individual liability because there was no evidence that the teacher acted as the associate's supervisor. Affirmed.
Court: Iowa Supreme Court, Judge: Oxley, Filed On: June 30, 2023, Case #: 21-1327, Categories: Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination, Employment Retaliation
J. Oxley finds that the lower court properly dismissed a guardianship petition because the mother's attorney could not act as petitioner in attempting to establish guardianship over his former client’s daughter without violating several rules of professional conduct.
Court: Iowa Supreme Court, Judge: Oxley, Filed On: May 26, 2023, Case #: 21-0348, Categories: Guardianship