The Iowa Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level
appellate court
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of the state of
Iowa
Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...
. Its purpose is to review
appeal
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s from trial court decisions which are referred to the court by the
Iowa Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court is the highest court in the U.S. state of Iowa. The Court is composed of a chief justice and six associate justices.
The Court holds its regular sessions in Des Moines in the Iowa Judicial Branch Building located at 1111 ...
. The court decides the vast majority of appeals filed from trial courts in the state of Iowa, and its decisions are final unless further review is granted by the Iowa Supreme Court.
Judges of the court
The court is composed of nine
judge
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s. Each judge is appointed for one year by the
governor
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, from a list of nominees composed by the State Judicial Nominating Commission. The judge will then serve a one-year term before facing a
retention election
A retention election or retention referendum is a referendum where voters are asked if an office holder, usually a judge, should be allowed to continue in that office. The judge is removed from office if a majority of votes are cast against rete ...
. If the judge is reelected, his/her term will normally be six years. The retirement age is 72, after which some judges take
senior status.
The judges elect the Chief Judge from among themselves every two years. The chief judge functions as the administrative head of the court.
, the nine judges of the Iowa Court of Appeals are:
Former judges
*
Terry L. Huitink (1994–2008)
Case law
*''
Brewbaker v. Regents'', N.W.2d - (Iowa 2013)
See also
*
Courts of Iowa
References
External links
Homepage of the Iowa Court of AppealsJudges of the Iowa Court of Appeals
Iowa state courts
State appellate courts of the United States
Courts and tribunals with year of establishment missing
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