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judicial estoppel doctrine in Iowa

23 Iowa opinions name it 2 courts 1991–2024 3 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Iowa courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (16)

CaseFollowedCited
Vennerberg Farms, Inc. v. IGF Insurance Co.green
iowa · 1987 · cited in 6 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 1991–2023
2 sentences

2019A. Judicial Estoppel The doctrine of judicial estoppel provides, “[A] party who has, with knowledge of the facts, assumed a particular position in judicial proceedings is estopped to assume a position inconsistent therewith to the prejudice of the adverse party.” Kinseth v. Weil-McLain, 913 N.W.2d 55, 74 (Iowa 2018) (quoting Snouffer & Ford v. City of Tipton, 129 N.W. 345, 350 (Iowa 1911)). “[A] central tenet of the doctrine is ‘the successful assertion of the inconsistent position in a prior action.’” Id. (quoting Vennerberg Farms, Inc. v. IGF Ins., 405 N.W.2d 810, 814 (Iowa 1987)).

2019A. Judicial Estoppel The doctrine of judicial estoppel provides, “[A] party who has, with knowledge of the facts, assumed a particular position in judicial proceedings is estopped to assume a position inconsistent therewith to the prejudice of the adverse party.” Kinseth v. Weil-McLain, 913 N.W.2d 55, 74 (Iowa 2018) (quoting Snouffer & Ford v. City of Tipton, 129 N.W. 345, 350 (Iowa 1911)). “[A] central tenet of the doctrine is ‘the successful assertion of the inconsistent position in a prior action.’” Id. (quoting Vennerberg Farms, Inc. v. IGF Ins., 405 N.W.2d 810, 814 (Iowa 1987)).

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Winnebago Industries, Inc. v. Haverlygreen
iowa · 2006 · cited in 8 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2007–2021
2 sentences

2020See Winnebago Indus., Inc. v. Haverly, 727 N.W.2d 567 , 573–75 (Iowa 2006) (enumerating the rationale underlying the doctrine of judicial estoppel); United Fire & Cas.

2007See generally Winnebago Indus., Inc. v. Haverly, 727 N.W.2d 567 , 573–75 (Iowa 2006) (discussing doctrine of judicial estoppel).

58
Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Hedlundgreen
iowa · 2007 · cited in 5 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2014–2023
2 sentences

2023Judicial Estoppel Hormel next claims “the district court erred in finding that Hormel was judicially estopped from denying the care recommended by Dr. Eckhoff.”4 The doctrine of judicial estoppel “prohibits a party who has successfully and unequivocally asserted a position in one proceeding from asserting an inconsistent position in a subsequent proceeding.” Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Hedlund, 740 N.W.2d 192, 196 (Iowa 2007) (quoting Vennerberg Farms, Inc. v. IGF Ins.

2021The doctrine of judicial estoppel “prohibits a party who has successfully and unequivocally asserted a position in one proceeding from asserting an inconsistent 7 position in a subsequent proceeding.” Tyson Foods, Inc. v. Hedlund, 740 N.W.2d 192, 196 (Iowa 2007).

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Snouffer & Ford v. City of Tiptongreen
iowa · 1911 · cited in 2 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 1991–2019
2 sentences

2019A. Judicial Estoppel The doctrine of judicial estoppel provides, “[A] party who has, with knowledge of the facts, assumed a particular position in judicial proceedings is estopped to assume a position inconsistent therewith to the prejudice of the adverse party.” Kinseth v. Weil-McLain, 913 N.W.2d 55, 74 (Iowa 2018) (quoting Snouffer & Ford v. City of Tipton, 129 N.W. 345, 350 (Iowa 1911)). “[A] central tenet of the doctrine is ‘the successful assertion of the inconsistent position in a prior action.’” Id. (quoting Vennerberg Farms, Inc. v. IGF Ins., 405 N.W.2d 810, 814 (Iowa 1987)).

2019A. Judicial Estoppel The doctrine of judicial estoppel provides, “[A] party who has, with knowledge of the facts, assumed a particular position in judicial proceedings is estopped to assume a position inconsistent therewith to the prejudice of the adverse party.” Kinseth v. Weil-McLain, 913 N.W.2d 55, 74 (Iowa 2018) (quoting Snouffer & Ford v. City of Tipton, 129 N.W. 345, 350 (Iowa 1911)). “[A] central tenet of the doctrine is ‘the successful assertion of the inconsistent position in a prior action.’” Id. (quoting Vennerberg Farms, Inc. v. IGF Ins., 405 N.W.2d 810, 814 (Iowa 1987)).

22
Czajkowski v. City of Chicago, Ill.green
ilnd · 1993 · cited in 2 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2006–2006
2 sentences

2006Id. (quoting Czajkowski v. City of Chicago, 810 F.Supp. 1428, 1434 (N.D.Ill.1992)) (other citation omitted).

2006Id. (quoting Czajkowski v. City of Chicago, 810 F. Supp. 1428, 1434 (N.D.

22
Wilson v. Liberty Mutual Groupgreen
iowa · 2003 · cited in 3 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2004–2007
2 sentences

2007For example, we applied the doctrine of judicial estoppel in Wilson v. Liberty Mutual Group, 666 N.W.2d 163 (Iowa 2003).

2007For example, we applied the doctrine of judicial estoppel in Wilson v. Liberty Mutual Group, 666 N.W.2d 163 (Iowa 2000).

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Graber v. Iowa District Court for Washington Countygreen
iowa · 1987 · cited in 3 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 1993–1994
2 sentences

1994Court, 410 N.W.2d 224, 227 (Iowa 1987).

1993Graber, 410 N.W.2d at 227 .

13
Shari Kinseth and Ricky Kinseth, Coexecutors of the Estate of Larry Kinseth, and Shari Kinseth Individually v. Weil-McLain and State of Iowa ex rel. Civil Reparations Trust Fundgreen
iowa · 2018 · cited in 2 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2019–2021
2 sentences

2019A. Judicial Estoppel The doctrine of judicial estoppel provides, “[A] party who has, with knowledge of the facts, assumed a particular position in judicial proceedings is estopped to assume a position inconsistent therewith to the prejudice of the adverse party.” Kinseth v. Weil-McLain, 913 N.W.2d 55, 74 (Iowa 2018) (quoting Snouffer & Ford v. City of Tipton, 129 N.W. 345, 350 (Iowa 1911)). “[A] central tenet of the doctrine is ‘the successful assertion of the inconsistent position in a prior action.’” Id. (quoting Vennerberg Farms, Inc. v. IGF Ins., 405 N.W.2d 810, 814 (Iowa 1987)).

2019A. Judicial Estoppel The doctrine of judicial estoppel provides, “[A] party who has, with knowledge of the facts, assumed a particular position in judicial proceedings is estopped to assume a position inconsistent therewith to the prejudice of the adverse party.” Kinseth v. Weil-McLain, 913 N.W.2d 55, 74 (Iowa 2018) (quoting Snouffer & Ford v. City of Tipton, 129 N.W. 345, 350 (Iowa 1911)). “[A] central tenet of the doctrine is ‘the successful assertion of the inconsistent position in a prior action.’” Id. (quoting Vennerberg Farms, Inc. v. IGF Ins., 405 N.W.2d 810, 814 (Iowa 1987)).

12
State of Iowa v. Patrick Michael Dudleygreen
iowa · 2014 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2020–2020
1 sentence

2020See State v. Dudley, 856 N.W.2d 668, 675 (Iowa 2014) (reviewing evidentiary rulings other than hearsay rulings for an abuse of discretion).

11
New Hampshire v. Mainegreen
scotus · 2001 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2007–2007
2 sentences

2007As an “equitable doctrine invoked by a court at its discretion,”3 the appropriate standard 3New Hampshire v. Maine, 532 U.S. 742, 750 , 121 S. Ct. 1808, 1815 , 149 L.

2007As an “equitable doctrine invoked by a court at its discretion,”3 the appropriate standard 3New Hampshire v. Maine, 532 U.S. 742, 750 , 121 S. Ct. 1808, 1815 , 149 L.

11
Samuel Stallings v. Hussmann Corporation Brian Groningergreen
ca8 · 2006 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2007–2007
1 sentence

2007See Middleton v. Caterpillar Indus., Inc., ___ So. 2d ___ (Ala. 2007) (Parker, J., concurring) (“A survey of opinions from other jurisdictions indicates that Alabama would join the mainstream of American jurisprudence in adopting an exceeding-discretion standard in matters involving judicial estoppel.”); Stallings v. Hussmann Corp., 447 F.3d 1041, 1046 (8th Cir. 2006) (“A majority of our sister circuits that have addressed the issue apply the abuse of discretion standard.”). 7 We first engaged in a comprehensive discussion of the doctrine of judicial estoppel in Vennerberg Farms, Inc. v. IGF I

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Duder v. Shanksgreen
iowa · 2004 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2006–2006
1 sentence

2006See Duder v. Shanks, 689 N.W.2d 214, 220 (Iowa 2004) (" 'The doctrine of judicial estoppel "prohibits a person who successfully and unequivocally asserts a position in one proceeding from asserting an inconsistent position in another proceeding.” ’ ” (Citation omitted.)); see also State v. Duncan, 710 N.W.2d 34, 43-44 (Iowa 2006) (stating court can raise judicial estoppel on its own motion).

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State v. Duncangreen
iowa · 2006 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2006–2006
1 sentence

2006See Duder v. Shanks, 689 N.W.2d 214, 220 (Iowa 2004) (" 'The doctrine of judicial estoppel "prohibits a person who successfully and unequivocally asserts a position in one proceeding from asserting an inconsistent position in another proceeding.” ’ ” (Citation omitted.)); see also State v. Duncan, 710 N.W.2d 34, 43-44 (Iowa 2006) (stating court can raise judicial estoppel on its own motion).

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Roach v. Crouchgreen
iowa · 1994 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2004–2004
1 sentence

2004Relying on the doctrine of judicial estoppel, the plaintiff contends the defendant’s stipulation estops the defendant from taking the position that this suit was automatically dismissed or that it was not reinstated upon the court’s approval of the pretrial order. 2 “The doctrine of judicial estoppel ‘prohibits a party who successfully and unequivocally asserts a position in one proceeding from asserting an inconsistent position in a subsequent proceeding.’ ” *221 Roach v. Crouch, 524 N.W.2d 400, 403 (Iowa 1994) (citation omitted); accord Wilson v. Liberty Mut.

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Preston A. Parkinson v. The California Company, a Corporation and Stanolind Oil and Gas Company, a Corporationgreen
ca10 · 1956 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 1991–1991
1 sentence

1991In reviewing the relative advantages and disadvantages of such a doctrine, the Konstan-tinidis court opted to reject it, noting that it had also been rejected in the Tenth Circuit decision of Parkinson v. California Co., 233 F.2d 432, 437-38 (10th Cir.1956).

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cluster 444348green
cafc · 1984 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 1991–1991
2 sentences

1991In Jackson Jordan, Inc. v. Plasser American Corp., 747 F.2d 1567, 1578-80 (Fed.Cir.1984), the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit opined that, although statements describing the judicial estoppel doctrine pay lip service to its application in the absence of privity between the party seeking to invoke it and the former litigation, some form of privity has in fact existed in most cases in which the doctrine has been successfully invoked.

1991Id. at 1579 .

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
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Also cited on this issue (5)

CaseCitedYears
Frank Deguiseppe and Torry Palermo v. Village of Bellwood and Robert Frascone green
ca7 · 1995
2 sentences

2006Id. (quoting Czajkowski v. City of Chicago, 810 F.Supp. 1428, 1434 (N.D.Ill.1992)) (other citation omitted).

2006Id. (quoting Czajkowski v. City of Chicago, 810 F. Supp. 1428, 1434 (N.D.

22006–2006
Alternative System Concepts, Inc. v. Synopsys, Inc. green
ca1 · 2004
1 sentence

2024In Alternative System Concepts, Inc. v. Synopsis, Inc., the First Circuit affirmed a judicial estoppel ruling where the district court’s review “paints a convincing picture of a litigant who took one position, used that position to its advantage at the motion to dismiss stage, and later attempted to switch horses midstream to revive a previously abandoned (and flatly inconsistent) claim.”5 374 F.3d at 34–35 (describing counsel’s shifting positions as “playing fast and loose,” “carrying out a game of bait and switch,” “artful dodging,” and “smoke and mirrors”).

12024–2024
United Fire & Casualty Co. v. Shelly Funeral Home, Inc. green
iowa · 2002
1 sentence

2020Co. v. Shelly Funeral Home, Inc., 642 N.W.2d 648 , 654–55 (Iowa 2002) (outlining the rationale underlying the doctrine of collateral estoppel).

12020–2020
Beeman v. Manville Corp. Asbestos Disease Compensation Fund green
iowa · 1993
1 sentence

2018A number of issues have been properly raised for our review: (1) whether defense counsel's objections and motion for mistrial were timely, (2) whether plaintiff's counsel's statements during closing arguments warrant a new trial, (3) whether the doctrine of judicial estoppel bars Weil-McLain from appealing the compensatory damages award, (4) whether McDonnell & Miller valves were erroneously excluded from the allocation-of-fault special verdict form, (5) whether two bankrupt entities were erroneously included on the allocation-of-fault form, (6) whether evidence relating to Weil-McLain's OSHA

12018–2018
Athanasios Konstantinidis and Vasiliki Konstantinidis, His Wife v. C. N. Chen, M. D green
cadc · 1980
1 sentence

1991It suggests that the principal point of departure is that the judicial estoppel doctrine “does not require proof of privity, reliance or prejudice.” Id. at 937 .

11991–1991

Statutes the citing opinions construe

IA § Iowa Code § 17A.19 (9) IA § Iowa Code § 85.35 (4) IA § Iowa Code § 85.23 (3) IA § Iowa Code § 85.26 (3) IA § Iowa Code § 85.27 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

NY 124 (1979–2026) IL 123 (1982–2026) CA 122 (1997–2026) TX 100 (1949–2026) AL 62 (1992–2025) MI 58 (1994–2025) NJ 45 (1990–2026) TN 45 (1924–2025) WA 43 (2000–2025) MS 36 (1979–2026) PA 35 (1990–2026) GA 32 (1996–2024) WI 29 (1996–2026) OH 29 (2000–2024) MA 25 (1993–2021) IA 23 (1991–2024) SC 22 (1997–2021) HI 20 (1998–2026) MD 19 (1996–2024) NC 18 (2004–2025) ID 17 (1982–2021) FL 17 (1988–2021) VA 16 (1995–2025) IN 15 (1991–2023) DC 14 (1994–2021) LA 14 (1965–2022) AZ 12 (1951–2019) MT 12 (1947–2024) NM 12 (1992–2024) RI 11 (2003–2026) MO 11 (1998–2024) ME 10 (2001–2026) OR 9 (1993–2022) NE 9 (1998–2025) WV 9 (2003–2021) WY 8 (1990–2025) DE 7 (2015–2025) AR 7 (1999–2014) ND 7 (2002–2017) UT 6 (1985–2026) NH 6 (2002–2018) MN 6 (2004–2026) KS 5 (1994–2026) CT 5 (2001–2016) CO 5 (1994–2022) NV 4 (2009–2020) OK 4 (1967–2021) VI 4 (2012–2025) KY 3 (2022–2023) SD 3 (2002–2022)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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