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The most-cited opinions of the Supreme Court of Iowa on UpLaw — 1,236 decisions from 1855–2019, each with its treatment history and the cases that cite it.

In Re P.L. 778 N.W.2d 33 · cited by 503
In The Interest Of D.W., Minor Child, A.M.W., Mother 2010 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 131 · cited by 457
Meier v. SENECAUT III 2002 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 29 · cited by 423
In the Interest of C.B. 2000 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 112 · cited by 396
In the Interest of A.M., Minor Child, A.M., Father 2014 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 17 · cited by 384
In the Interest of A.B. & S.B., Minor Children, S.B., Father 2012 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 69 · cited by 346
In the Interest of M.W. and Z.W., Minor Children, R.W., Mother 2016 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 28 · cited by 292
In The Interest Of J.e., Minor Child, R.e., Mother Vs. State Of Iowa 2006 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 155 · cited by 286
State v. Straw 2006 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 15 · cited by 259
State v. Formaro 2002 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 12 · cited by 257
Ledezma v. State 2001 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 72 · cited by 253
State of Iowa v. Allen Bradley Clay 2012 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 110 · cited by 207
In Re the Marriage of Hansen 2007 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 79 · cited by 198
State v. Maxwell 2008 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 2 · cited by 168
State v. Graves 2003 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 170 · cited by 167
State of Iowa v. Denem Anthony Null 2013 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 94 · cited by 147
Lynn G. Lamasters Vs. State of Iowa 2012 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 94 · cited by 137
In RE the Marriage of Rachel A. McDermott and Stephen J. McDermott Upon the Petition of Rachel A. McDermott 2013 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 17 · cited by 135
Brenda J. Alcala v. Marriott International, Inc. and Courtyard Management Corporation D/B/A Quad Cities Courtyard by Marriott 2016 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 68 · cited by 134
State v. Lyle 2014 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 84 · cited by 132
State v. Bruegger 2009 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 107 · cited by 132
In Re the Marriage of Winter 1974 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1163 · cited by 130
In Re the Marriage of Sullins 2006 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 67 · cited by 128
State of Iowa v. Dontay Dakwon Sanford 2012 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 68 · cited by 121
In Re the Marriage of Okland 2005 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 90 · cited by 120
State v. Seering 2005 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 105 · cited by 116
State v. Shanahan 2006 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 50 · cited by 115
State of Iowa v. Donald James Hill 2016 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 50 · cited by 113
Auen v. Alcoholic Beverages Division of Iowa Department of Commerce 2004 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 166 · cited by 110
In the Interest of H.S. And S.N., Minor Children, V.R., Mother 2011 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 66 · cited by 109
In the Interest of J.S. & N.S., Minor Children, A.S., Mother 846 N.W.2d 36 · cited by 106
State v. Johnson 2010 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 72 · cited by 104
DeVoss v. State 2002 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 120 · cited by 103
State of Iowa v. Craig Anthony Finney 2013 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 82 · cited by 103
State v. Turner 2001 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 106 · cited by 102
State v. Schminkey 1999 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 175 · cited by 102
In the Interests of A.C. 1987 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1336 · cited by 100
Viele v. Germania Insurance 26 Iowa 9 · cited by 99
Hyler v. Garner 1996 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 322 · cited by 97
In the Interest of L.L. 459 N.W.2d 489 · cited by 97
State v. Ellis 1998 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 113 · cited by 96
State v. Carroll 2009 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 56 · cited by 95
State of Iowa v. Randall Lee Pals 2011 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 87 · cited by 94
State v. Reeves 2003 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 185 · cited by 94
In the Interest of C.H. 2002 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 204 · cited by 93
In Re the Marriage of Frederici 1983 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1680 · cited by 92
State of Iowa v. Jeffrey K. Ragland 2013 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 93 · cited by 91
In Re Marriage of Fennelly & Breckenfelder 2007 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 92 · cited by 90
State v. Fountain 2010 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 85 · cited by 90
In the Interest of C.K. 1997 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 22 · cited by 89
State v. Newell 2006 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 17 · cited by 88
In Re the Marriage of Steven Michael Gust and Linda Leann Gust Upon the Petition of Steven Michael Gust 2015 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 7 · cited by 88
State v. Williams 2005 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 49 · cited by 87
Wright v. Illinois & Mississippi Telegraph Co. 20 Iowa 195 · cited by 87
Kisling v. Thierman 214 Iowa 911 · cited by 87
State v. Hernandez-Lopez 2002 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 5 · cited by 85
State v. Sisco 169 N.W.2d 542 · cited by 85
Grant v. City of Davenport 36 Iowa 396 · cited by 85
In Re the Marriage of Vrban 1984 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1294 · cited by 85
State of Iowa v. Max v. Thorndike 2015 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 19 · cited by 84
State of Iowa v. Damion John Seats 2015 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 76 · cited by 83
State v. Heemstra 2006 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 107 · cited by 82
State of Iowa v. Kenneth Osborne Ary 2016 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 43 · cited by 82
State v. Taylor 2004 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 299 · cited by 81
Smith & Co. v. McLean 24 Iowa 322 · cited by 81
Varnum v. Brien 2009 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 31 · cited by 81
Harrington v. State 2003 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 35 · cited by 80
Racing Ass'n of Central Iowa v. Fitzgerald 2004 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 60 · cited by 80
State of Iowa v. Tina Lynn Thacker 2015 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 46 · cited by 80
Thompson v. Kaczinski 2009 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 118 · cited by 80
Santo v. State 2 Iowa 165 · cited by 79
In the Interest of Dameron 1981 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 963 · cited by 78
State of Iowa v. Kelvin Plain Sr. 2017 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 80 · cited by 78
State v. Ondayog 2006 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 147 · cited by 78
Eric Wayne Dempsey v. State of Iowa 2015 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 26 · cited by 77
Interstate Power Co. v. Insurance Co. of North America 603 N.W.2d 751 · cited by 77
State Of Iowa Vs. Ricardo Ortiz 2010 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 98 · cited by 77
Morford v. Unger 8 Iowa 82 · cited by 76
State v. Myers 1986 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1087 · cited by 76
City of Des Moines v. Manhattan Oil Co. 193 Iowa 1096 · cited by 76
State of Iowa v. Christopher Craig Thompson 2013 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 98 · cited by 75
State v. Tague 2004 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 71 · cited by 75
McNight v. Parsons 136 Iowa 390 · cited by 75
State of Iowa v. Justin Dean Short 2014 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 86 · cited by 75
Grismore v. Consolidated Products Co. 232 Iowa 328 · cited by 74
McAunich v. Mississippi & Missouri Railroad 20 Iowa 338 · cited by 74
State of Iowa v. Patrick Michael Dudley 2014 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 103 · cited by 73
In the Interest of L.T., A.T., and D.T., Minor Children 924 N.W.2d 521 · cited by 73
State v. Nitcher 2006 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 102 · cited by 73
Dishon v. Smith 10 Iowa 212 · cited by 72
State Of Iowa Vs. James Maximiliano Ochoa 2010 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 135 · cited by 72
Iowa Supreme Court Attorney Disciplinary Board v. Templeton 2010 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 65 · cited by 72
Mark Angelo Castro v. State of Iowa 2011 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 17 · cited by 72
Pace v. Appanoose County 184 Iowa 498 · cited by 72
Hunter v. City of Des Moines 1981 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 843 · cited by 71
State of Iowa v. Jesse Michael Gaskins 2015 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 80 · cited by 71
State v. Tate 2006 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 26 · cited by 70
State v. Thornton 1993 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 100 · cited by 70
State v. Truesdell 2004 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 160 · cited by 70
State v. Cline 2000 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 152 · cited by 70
State of Iowa v. Robin Eugene Brubaker 2011 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 73 · cited by 69
State of Iowa v. Kevin Deshay Ambrose 2015 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1 · cited by 69
State of Iowa v. Zyriah Henry Floyd Schlitter 2016 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 70 · cited by 69
Daniel Lado v. State of Iowa 2011 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 65 · cited by 68
Buell v. Buckingham & Co. 16 Iowa 284 · cited by 68
State Of Iowa Vs. Robert L. Hanes 2010 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 112 · cited by 67
Clark v. City of Des Moines 19 Iowa 199 · cited by 67
Michelle Postell v. American Family Mutual Insurance Co. 2012 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 102 · cited by 67
In Re the Marriage of Tracy Lynn Hoffman and Ernst Franklin Hoffman, Upon the Petition of Tracy Lynn Hoffman 2015 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 57 · cited by 67
In RE the Marriage of Julianne R. Schenkelberg and Gary W. Schenkelberg. Upon the Petition of Julianne R. Schenkelberg 824 N.W.2d 481 · cited by 66
McCready v. Sexton & Son 29 Iowa 356 · cited by 66
State of Iowa v. Orlando David Rodriguez 2011 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 84 · cited by 66
State of Iowa v. Mark Aaron Thompson 2014 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 106 · cited by 66
State v. Sullivan 2004 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 110 · cited by 65
Schmitt v. Jenkins Truck Lines, Inc. 1969 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 888 · cited by 65
Renda v. Iowa Civil Rights Commission 2010 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 49 · cited by 65
Tisdale v. Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance 26 Iowa 170 · cited by 65
Odell Everett, Jr. Vs. State Of Iowa 2010 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 95 · cited by 65
Chrischilles v. Griswold 260 Iowa 453 · cited by 65
Jacob Lee Schmidt v. State of Iowa 909 N.W.2d 778 · cited by 64
Roger B. Ennenga v. State of Iowa 2012 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 45 · cited by 64
Dunbar v. State 1994 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 92 · cited by 64
In Re the Marriage of Francis 1989 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 186 · cited by 63
State v. Brady 36 L.R.A. 693 · cited by 63
State v. Plaster 1988 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 143 · cited by 62
City of Clinton v. Cedar Rapids & Missouri River Railroad 24 Iowa 455 · cited by 62
In Re the Marriage of Weidner 1983 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1675 · cited by 62
Phuoc Nguyen v. State of Iowa 2016 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 31 · cited by 61
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 2012 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 40 · cited by 61
State of Iowa v. Ricky Lee Putman 2014 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 69 · cited by 61
State of Iowa v. Eddie Tipton 2017 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 73 · cited by 61
State of Iowa v. Shaunta Rose Hopkins 2015 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 22 · cited by 61
State v. Maghee 1997 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 329 · cited by 61
State Of Iowa Vs. Robert Joseph Vance 2010 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 116 · cited by 60
Koehler & Lange v. Hill 60 Iowa 543 · cited by 60
State v. Height 59 L.R.A. 437 · cited by 60
In Re the Marriage of Williams 1972 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 841 · cited by 60
In the Interest of L.M. 904 N.W.2d 835 · cited by 60
State of Iowa v. Hillary Lee Tyler 2015 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 79 · cited by 59
State of Iowa v. Andrew James Lopez 2015 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 98 · cited by 59
In Re the Marriage of Steenhoek 1981 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 933 · cited by 59
Livingston v. McDonald 21 Iowa 160 · cited by 59
Nick Rhoades v. State of Iowa 2014 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 71 · cited by 58
Iowa Supreme Court Board of Professional Ethics & Conduct v. Lett 2004 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 38 · cited by 58
State v. Rodriquez 2001 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 212 · cited by 58
State v. Robinson 1980 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 785 · cited by 58
Asbach v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. 74 Iowa 248 · cited by 58
State v. Jacobs 2000 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 47 · cited by 58
Ayres v. Hartford Fire Insurance 17 Iowa 176 · cited by 58
State of Iowa v. Robert Paul Krogmann 2011 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 80 · cited by 57
State of Iowa v. Charles James David Oliver 2012 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 31 · cited by 57
State v. Dullard 2003 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 169 · cited by 57
State of Iowa v. Kevin Duane Fisher II 2016 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 42 · cited by 57
Stewart v. Bd. of Super. of Polk County 30 Iowa 9 · cited by 57
Wright v. Brooke Group Ltd. 2002 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 202 · cited by 56
State v. Kaufman 51 Iowa 578 · cited by 56
A.Y. McDonald Industries, Inc. v. Insurance Co. of North America 1991 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 353 · cited by 56
Greenfield v. Cincinnati Insurance Co. 2007 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 97 · cited by 56
Best v. Yerkes 247 Iowa 800 · cited by 56
State v. Parker 2008 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 21 · cited by 56
Hunter v. Colfax Consolidated Coal Co. 175 Iowa 245 · cited by 56
McManus v. Carmichael 3 Iowa 1 · cited by 56
In Re the Marriage of Benson 1996 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 64 · cited by 56
State ex rel. Rice v. County Judge 7 Iowa 186 · cited by 55
State v. Biddle 2002 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 208 · cited by 55
State v. Grandberry 2000 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 213 · cited by 55
Baker v. Syfritt 147 Iowa 49 · cited by 55
Schantz v. Schantz 1968 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 991 · cited by 55
State v. Lyman 2010 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1 · cited by 54
State of Iowa v. Scott Robert Robinson 2015 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 12 · cited by 54
Pillsbury Co., Inc. v. Wells Dairy, Inc. 2008 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 93 · cited by 54
Jackson County Public Hospital v. Public Employment Relations Board 1979 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 943 · cited by 54
Officer v. Officer 120 Iowa 389 · cited by 54
In the Interest of D.D. 2002 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 236 · cited by 54
Richmond v. Dubuque & Sioux City R. R. 33 Iowa 422 · cited by 54
In Re the Marriage of Richard C. Mauer and Carol K. Mauer, Upon the Petition of Richard C. Mauer 2016 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 12 · cited by 54
Powers v. City of Council Bluffs 45 Iowa 652 · cited by 53
State v. Dudley 2009 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 51 · cited by 53
Pangborn v. Westlake 36 Iowa 546 · cited by 53
Graber v. City of Ankeny 2000 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 168 · cited by 53
Schroeder v. C. R. I. & P. R. 47 Iowa 375 · cited by 52
State, Department of Human Services Ex Rel. Palmer v. Unisys Corp. 2001 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 242 · cited by 52
Lewis v. State 1977 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1085 · cited by 52
Miller v. Mutual Benefit Life Insurance 31 Iowa 216 · cited by 52
Donaldson v. Mississippi & Missouri Railroad 18 Iowa 280 · cited by 52
Perkins v. Perkins 116 Iowa 253 · cited by 52
State of Iowa v. Christopher Ryan Lee Roby 2017 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 69 · cited by 52
Siesseger v. Puth 213 Iowa 164 · cited by 52
State v. McKettrick 1992 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 8 · cited by 52
State of Iowa v. Bradley Elroy Wickes 910 N.W.2d 554 · cited by 52
Miller v. Mills County 111 Iowa 654 · cited by 52
State v. Sweet 2016 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 64 · cited by 52
Goodwin v. Provident Savings Life Assurance Ass'n 32 L.R.A. 473 · cited by 52
Grube v. Wells 34 Iowa 148 · cited by 52
Molo Oil Co. v. River City Ford Truck Sales, Inc. 1998 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 117 · cited by 51
State v. Kreps 2002 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 210 · cited by 51
Greenleaf v. Illinois Central Railroad 29 Iowa 14 · cited by 51
Eldridge v. Kuehl 27 Iowa 160 · cited by 51
State of Iowa v. Charles Raymond Albright 925 N.W.2d 144 · cited by 51
Harshey v. Blackmarr 20 Iowa 161 · cited by 51