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An employee of Iowa’s state-run Civil Commitment Unit for Sex Offenders is suing the state, alleging sexual improprieties by the staff, including the former clinical director.
Under common law, false pretense is defined as a representation of a present or past fact, which the thief knows to be false, and which he intends will and does cause the victim to pass title of his property. That is, false pretense is the acquisition of title from a victim by fraud or misrepresentation of a material past or present fact.
A pretext (adj.: pretextual) is an excuse to do something or say something that is not accurate. Pretexts may be based on a half-truth or developed in the context of a misleading fabrication. Pretexts may be based on a half-truth or developed in the context of a misleading fabrication.
Varnum v. Brien, 763 N.W.2d 862 (Iowa 2009), [1] was an Iowa Supreme Court case in which the Court unanimously held that the state's limitation of marriage to opposite-sex couples violated the equal protection clause of the Iowa Constitution.
This column really is about the rewards of declining to live under the bondage of false pretenses and unrealistic expectations. It’s about learning to tell the truth about yourself.
Iowa District Courts are the state trial courts of general jurisdiction in the U.S. state of Iowa.. They have original jurisdiction in civil cases with any amount in controversy; felony criminal cases, domestic relations, family law, and cases involving minors cases (including adoption, dependency, juvenile delinquency, and probate cases).
Veteran journalist Celia Brocker joined the Ames Tribune staff Monday, Oct. 23, as a government, education and breaking news reporter. She brings with her three years of professional experience ...
The Committee has also defended reporters in Court free of charge since its founding. [1] In 2013, the Reporters Committee also launched iFOIA, [37] a tool to file and track state and federal open records requests, and in 2016 the organization launched the FOIA Wiki, a website devoted to the federal Freedom of Information Act. [38] [39]