19 Dec 2011

IOLTA Grant Applications

By Iowa Judicial Branch

Des Moines, December 9, 2011– The Iowa Supreme Court Lawyer Trust Account Commission is accepting applications for grants under the Interest on Lawyer Trust Account (IOLTA) program for the grant period that begins July 1, 2012. IOLTA program grants are awarded to public purpose projects that provide legal services to the poor in civil cases, law-related education, and other programs that improve the administration of justice in Iowa.

Organizations may obtain grant application forms by contacting the Lawyer Trust Account Commission, Judicial Branch Building, 1111 East Court Avenue, Des Moines, Iowa 50319, or by calling (515) 725-8029. The Commission encourages applicants to submit grant requests in electronic form. Organizations may request an electronic version of the complete application set from the Commission by electronic mail to iolta@iowacourts.gov or download the application forms from the Commission's web page on the Judicial Branch web site at:

http://www.iowacourts.gov/Professional_Regulation/Attorney_RegulationCommissions/IOLTA

The Commission must receive completed grant applications no later than 4:30 p.m., Friday, March 2, 2012. The Commission will then review the applications and seek approval from the Iowa Supreme Court for awarding the grants. Grant recipients will be announced in late May or early June of 2012.

The Iowa Supreme Court created the Lawyer Trust Account Commission to provide legal services to the poor in civil cases using the interest from lawyers' pooled trust accounts. The lawyers' pooled trust accounts hold clients' funds that are so small in amount or held for such a brief period that it is not possible for the funds to economically benefit the individual clients. Previously, attorneys' trust accounts earned no interest. The first grants awarded under the IOLTA program were made in June, 1986. To date, the Commission has awarded more than $22,883,000 in grants.

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12 Dec 2011

On December 6, Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady will speak to a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee about Iowa's experience with video coverage of court proceedings.

By Iowa Judicial Branch

Chief Justice Cady to Speak to U.S. Senate Subcommittee about Cameras in the Courts

Des Moines, December 5, 2011– On December 6, Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady will speak to a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee about Iowa's experience with video coverage of court proceedings.

The Iowa Judicial Branch is a leader in allowing video and audio media coverage of courts. For more than 30 years, Iowa's courts have allowed audio, photographic, and video coverage of the courts. Prior to this change, and in keeping with the custom in courts around the nation, media coverage of court proceedings was limited to pen, pencil, paper, and sketch pad. In 1979, following a thorough study, the Iowa Supreme Court adopted rules carefully designed to allow audio, video, and photographic coverage of court hearings while safeguarding the rights of litigants to a fair trial. More recently, the Iowa Supreme Court began streaming video of its oral argument proceedings.

The Senate Judiciary hearing will be held in Room 226 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building and is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. This hearing is before the Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight. It is entitled "Access to the Court: Televising the Supreme Court." Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, chair of the subcommittee, will preside. Iowa Senator Charles Grassley is a member of the subcommittee.

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12 Dec 2011

Iowa Supreme Court issues orders denying or granting applications.

By Iowa Judicial Branch

The Iowa Supreme Court recently issued orders granting or denying applications for further review in 42 cases.

FURTHER REVIEW RESULTS

November 29, 2011

DENIED:

NUMBER	COUNTY	CASE NAME

09-1230	Worth	State v. Benjegerdes
10-0047	Dallas	Belling v. City of Urbandale
10-0824	Polk	Negrete-Ramirez v. State
10-0892	Harrison	Rudyard Group, LLC v. Dingle
10-0956	Johnson	State v. Latsa
10-1084	Marshall	McKeag v. State
10-1116	Black Hawk	State v. Horak
10-1158	Black Hawk	State v. Demery
10-1231	Story	State v. Balderas
10-1302	Polk	Perry v. State
10-1375	Buchanan	Bd. of Dirs. v. Wall
10-1447	Harrison	Rudyard Group, LLC v. Dingle
10-1496	Polk	Harms v. State
10-1593	Scott	State v. Slater
10-1643	Monroe	State v. See
10-1676	Lyon	Peoples Bank v. Driesen
10-1748	Black Hawk	State v. Bennett
10-1840	Black Hawk	State v. Burt
10-1880	Polk	Trustees of the Iowa Laborers Dist. Council Health & Welfare Trust v. Merchants Bonding Co.
10-1904	Muscatine	Reyes v. State
10-2109	Clinton	Borgstede v. State
10-2113	Polk	W. Provisions, Inc. v. Betz
11-0020	Franklin	In re Marriage of Meyer
11-0130	Scott	State v. Coker
11-0171	Polk	Quaker Oats Co. v. Dobbe
11-0255	Polk	Bensley v. Dee Zee Mfg.
11-0519	Polk	State v. Guadarrama
11-0804	Johnson	In re L.M.W.
11-0897	Madison	In re C.E., C.S., J.R., J.R., and C.R.
11-0951	Dubuque	In re H.E., M.E., and J.E.
11-0954	Dubuque	In re D.S.
11-1138	Woodbury	In re D.S. and J.W.S.
11-1195	Polk	In re T.C. and N.C.
11-1201	Polk	In re L.B.-F.
11-1254	Polk	In re N.N., Q.N., A.P., and J.P.
11-1257	Wright	In re. M.S.R.
11-1302	Polk	In re S.M.
11-1323	Polk	In re V.W.
11-1360	Woodbury	In re C.C., N.R., L.R., K.P., and Y.P.

GRANTED:

NUMBER	COUNTY	CASE NAME

10-0293	Henry	Kolzow v. State
10-1315	Marshall	Perez v. State
10-1384	Polk	Pierce v. State

06 Dec 2011

The Iowa Court of Appeals has released the 2012 calendar of their session dates and opinion filing dates.

By Iowa Judicial Branch

2012 COURT OF APPEALS CALENDAR

The Iowa Court of Appeals will be in session the following dates in 2012:

January 9–11

February 7–9

March 6–8

April 3–5

May 1–3

June 5–7

September 11–13

October 9–11

November 6–8

December 4–6

Opinions of the Iowa Court of Appeals will be filed at 8:30 a.m. on the dates listed below.

January 19	February 1
February 15	February 29
March 14	March 28
April 11	April 25
May 9	May 23
June 13	June 27
July 11	July 25
August 8	August 22
September 6	September 19
October 17	October 31
November 14	November 29
December 12

A list of cases on which the Court of Appeals is expected to rule will be posted at 8:30 a.m. one day preceding each opinion filing day.

All opinions and opinion summaries are available on-line at

http://www.iowacourts.gov/Court_of_Appeals/Opinions/

Opinions and a summary of opinions filed will also be available in the Supreme Court Clerk's office for public inspection. Copies may be purchased from the clerk at 50 cents per page.

For information about the status of a pending case, call the office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court at 515-281-5911 or check appellate cases at

http://www.iowacourts.gov/Online_Court_Services/

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On December 6, Iowa Supreme Court Chief Justice Mark Cady will speak to a subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee about Iowa's experience with video coverage of court proceedings.

Iowa Supreme Court issues orders denying or granting applications.

The Iowa Court of Appeals has released the 2012 calendar of their session dates and opinion filing dates.

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