Appellate Upholds Act of God Ruling in Cattle Incident
Iowa Court of Appeals affirms jury finding that an act of God allowed the Novak cattle to stray into a neighbor’s corn in 1976. The Linn County jury had concluded the fence collapse by a fallen tree limb was an extraordinary natural event, given dry ground, deep tracks, and recent rain.
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Walter Novak
Iowa Court of Appeals
Linn County
Lisbon Development Corp
Charles Franks
Novaks
Drake professor named first woman Iowa appellate judge
Drake University law professor Janet A. Johnson 38 was named to the Iowa Court of Appeals becoming the first woman in the state to hold an appellate judgeship. Gov. Ray noted she was among three nominees and will fill the vacancy left by Chief Judge Robert Allbee who moved to the Iowa Supreme Court. Johnson chairs the Iowa Board of Parole and hails from Adair County.
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Harlan
Arthur A McGiverin
Ottumwa
Johnson
Iowa Board of Parole
Adair County
Drake University Law School
Ray
Appeals Court
Polk County
Richard Strickler
Maynard Hayden
Sale of Spencer Foods stake signals reopening
Land O Lakes Inc and Spencer Foods announce the sale of 33 percent of Spencer Foods common shares at 12 per share, totaling about 13.2 million dollars for 950 thousand to 1 million shares, as cattlemen hail the possible relaunch of the beef packer. Ray Schenck sells air rights to Clarinda Municipal Airport with 21 thousand of 30 thousand paid by Iowa Transportation Commission. Des Moines appellate rulings uphold a manslaughter conviction based on a semi conscious blood sample and grant a new trial for Shawn Kippes due to pretrial publicity.
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Land O’ Lakes Inc
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Land O’ Lakes
Spencer Foods
Clarinda
Iowa
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Clarence Krepps
Iowa Transportation Commission
Iowa Court Upholds Escape Conviction While Reversing Conspiracy
The Iowa Court of Appeals upheld the escape conviction of a state penitentiary inmate who never left the prison but reversed Mark Bugely’s conviction and three year sentence for conspiracy to escape, finding the state failed to prove the conspiracy charge. The ruling said leaving a place without due authority satisfies escape, but conspiracy could not be proven. In a separate Fort Madison proceeding, former deputy Henry Farber testified that mileage fees were split with Scott County Sheriff Ken Paulsen, with prosecutors alleging Paulsen gained about fifty one thousand dollars from 1973 to 1977 through the plan.
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Iowa Court of Appeals
Mark Bugely
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Jan Criswell
Fort Madison
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Scott County
Ken Paulsen
Henry Farber
Paulsen
Farber
Davenport
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