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Iowa Fence Law Legislative Update

Benjamin Clark
March 20, 2012 21:26

As an update to previous entries regarding Iowa's fence law, the 2011 proposed legislative changes (Senate File 2102) failed to make it out of subcommittee.  We will have to wait another year to see whether the legislature decides to modify the century-old statute, in...

Iowa Fence Law Before Legislature

Benjamin Clark
February 09, 2012 16:27

I'll admit that the Iowa Fence Law (359A) has become a side project of mine.  I have blogged about it on two separate occasions in the past, first noting that as written and determined by the Iowa Supreme Court, the law applied to both urban and rural property.  The update noted that the...

EPA Issues Mercury & Air Toxics Standards

Benjamin Clark
December 21, 2011 20:02

Today the EPA issued new standards limiting mercury, acid gases, and other toxic pollutants from power plants.  A fact sheet is available here.  Essentially, the standards seek to eliminate 90% of mercury and air toxics from power plant emissions by year 2016.  I...

Iowa Fence Law (Needs) Update

Benjamin Clark
December 05, 2011 15:47

Iowa Law Blog recently featured a post regarding the Iowa fence law found at Iowa Code Chapter 359A.  That post discussed that although the fence law was historically enacted for agricultural purposes, the Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that its applicability extends to...

Iowa Supreme Court sides with Purchase Money Mortgage

Benjamin Clark
November 18, 2011 22:14

Today the Iowa Supreme Court released its opinion in Freedom Financial Bank v. Estate of Edward Boesen and Maureen Boesen.  Sullivan & Ward, P.C. represented Freedom Financial Bank in a mortgage foreclosure action against the Estate of Edward Boesen.  The Court affirmed the...