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last preceding antecedent doctrine in Iowa

10 Iowa opinions name it 2 courts 1989–2025 1 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 (4)

CaseFollowedCited
Iowa Comprehensive Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Fund Board v. Shell Oil Co.green
iowa · 2000 · cited in 6 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2006–2019
2 sentences

2019“Under the doctrine of last preceding antecedent, qualifying words and phrases refer only to the immediately preceding antecedent, unless a contrary legislative intent appears.” Iowa Comprehensive Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Fund Bd. v. Shell Oil Co., 606 N.W.2d 376, 380 (Iowa 2000) (en banc).

2019"Under the doctrine of last preceding antecedent, qualifying words and phrases refer only to the immediately preceding antecedent, unless a contrary legislative intent appears." Iowa Comprehensive Petroleum Underground Storage Tank Fund Bd. v. Shell Oil Co. , 606 N.W.2d 376 , 380 (Iowa 2000) (en banc).

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State v. Lohrgreen
iowa · 1978 · cited in 3 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 1989–2000
2 sentences

2000State v. Lohr, 266 N.W.2d 1, 4 (Iowa 1978).

1989See State v. Lohr, 266 N.W.2d 1, 3-4 (Iowa 1978); 2A Sutherland, Statutes and Statutory Construction § 47.33 (4th ed. 1984).

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Liquidation v. Iowa Dept. of Transportationgreen
iowa · 2006 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
1 sentence

2025See RPC Liquidation, 717 N.W.2d at 322 .

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Robert Oberbillig and Patricia Oberbillig and Frank Scaglione and Melba Scaglione v. West Grand Towers Condominium Associationgreen
iowa · 2011 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2014–2014
1 sentence

2014Ass’n, 807 N.W.2d 143, 151 (Iowa 2011) (explaining doctrine of the last preceding antecedent).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Iowa. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Where else courts name it

IA 10 (1989–2025) IL 2 (2003–2003)

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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