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free speech clause in Iowa

7 Iowa opinions name it 2 courts 1983–2026 5 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 (11)

CaseFollowedCited
Planned Parenthood of Greater Ohio v. Richard Hodgesgreen
ca6 · 2019 · cited in 2 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2021–2021
2 sentences

2021See Hodges, 917 F.3d at 911 (“Because the conduct component of the Ohio law does not impose an unconstitutional condition in violation of due process, we need not reach the free speech claim.”).

2021See Hodges, 917 F.3d at 911 (“Because the conduct component of the Ohio law does not impose an unconstitutional condition in violation of due process, we need not reach the free speech claim.”).

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In Re the Adoption of S.J.D.green
iowa · 2002 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2026–2026
1 sentence

2026See Aschbrenner, 926 N.W.2d at 252 (strictly construing requirement for sex offender to report Internet identifiers to sheriff by limiting reporting requirement to “Internet identifiers used for outgoing communications or postings sent by the offender, consistent with the statute’s purpose to guard against anonymous trolling for victims” in order to avoid “sweep[ing] in [Internet] accounts harmlessly used for the passive receipt of entertainment and information” against a free speech challenge under article I, section 7); In re Adoption of S.J.D., 641 N.W.2d at 803 (balancing the right of an a

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Conant v. Waltersgreen
ca9 · 2002 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2026–2026
1 sentence

2026Forbid a person to read and you shut him out of the marketplace of ideas and opinions that it is the purpose of the free-speech clause to protect.” (citations omitted)); Conant v. Walters, 309 F.3d 629, 643 (9th Cir. 2002) (Kozinski, J., concurring) (“It is well established that the right to hear—the right to receive information—is no less protected by the First Amendment than the right to speak.

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State of Iowa v. Lloyd Aschbrennergreen
iowa · 2019 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2026–2026
1 sentence

2026See Aschbrenner, 926 N.W.2d at 252 (strictly construing requirement for sex offender to report Internet identifiers to sheriff by limiting reporting requirement to “Internet identifiers used for outgoing communications or postings sent by the offender, consistent with the statute’s purpose to guard against anonymous trolling for victims” in order to avoid “sweep[ing] in [Internet] accounts harmlessly used for the passive receipt of entertainment and information” against a free speech challenge under article I, section 7); In re Adoption of S.J.D., 641 N.W.2d at 803 (balancing the right of an a

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State v. Dotygreen
iowa · 1897 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2026–2026
1 sentence

2026See State v. Doty, 73 N.W. 352, 352 (Iowa 1897) (stating that “[i]t is clear, and not denied, that the pictures taken of the women when nude were obscene” without discussing what it was about the nude photos that brought them within the ambit of a statute prohibiting the sale of obscene or indecent materials).

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SUPREME CT. BD. OF PROF'L ETH. v. Steffesgreen
iowa · 1999 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
1 sentence

2024For example, in Steffes we sanctioned an attorney who “took photographs of his partially-clothed client under the pretext of documenting her back injury” and who physically “pulled her shorts and underwear down to her knees, and then stepped back to take the pictures.” 588 N.W.2d at 122, 123 .

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cluster 772079green
ca3 · 2001 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
2 sentences

2024“There 14 is no categorical ‘harassment exception’ to the First Amendment’s free speech clause.” Saxe, 240 F.3d at 204 ; see also DeJohn v. Temple Univ., 537 F.3d 301, 316 (3d Cir. 2008) (stating there is “no categorical rule that divests ‘harassing’ speech as defined by federal anti-discrimination statutes, of First Amendment protection” (quoting Saxe, 240 F.3d at 204 )).

2024“There 14 is no categorical ‘harassment exception’ to the First Amendment’s free speech clause.” Saxe, 240 F.3d at 204 ; see also DeJohn v. Temple Univ., 537 F.3d 301, 316 (3d Cir. 2008) (stating there is “no categorical rule that divests ‘harassing’ speech as defined by federal anti-discrimination statutes, of First Amendment protection” (quoting Saxe, 240 F.3d at 204 )).

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DeJohn v. Temple Universitygreen
ca3 · 2008 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2024–2024
2 sentences

2024“There 14 is no categorical ‘harassment exception’ to the First Amendment’s free speech clause.” Saxe, 240 F.3d at 204 ; see also DeJohn v. Temple Univ., 537 F.3d 301, 316 (3d Cir. 2008) (stating there is “no categorical rule that divests ‘harassing’ speech as defined by federal anti-discrimination statutes, of First Amendment protection” (quoting Saxe, 240 F.3d at 204 )).

2024The rule can be applied to sanction an attorney for nonexpressive conduct constituting sexual harassment because “nonexpressive conduct . . . does not implicate the First Amendment at all.” Id. at 782 ; see also DeJohn, 537 F.3d at 316 (“[T]here is no question that non-expressive, physically harassing conduct is entirely outside the ambit of the free speech clause . . . .”).

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City of Seattle v. Abercrombiegreen
washctapp · 1997 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2022–2022
1 sentence

2022Liberties Union of Ill. v. Alvarez, 679 F.3d 583, 586, 607 (7th Cir. 2012) (addressing “whether the First Amendment prevents Illinois prosecutors from enforcing the eavesdropping statute against people who openly record police officers performing their official duties in public” and concluding the State’s interest in “reduc[ing[ the likelihood of provoking persons during officers’ mercurial encounters” was “not threatened”); City of Seattle v. Abercrombie, 945 P.2d 1132, 1135 (Wash Ct. App. 1997) (addressing a free-speech challenge to an ordinance and concluding “a violation of the ordinance i

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American Civil Liberties Union of Ill. v. Alvarezgreen
ca7 · 2012 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2022–2022
1 sentence

2022Liberties Union of Ill. v. Alvarez, 679 F.3d 583, 586, 607 (7th Cir. 2012) (addressing “whether the First Amendment prevents Illinois prosecutors from enforcing the eavesdropping statute against people who openly record police officers performing their official duties in public” and concluding the State’s interest in “reduc[ing[ the likelihood of provoking persons during officers’ mercurial encounters” was “not threatened”); City of Seattle v. Abercrombie, 945 P.2d 1132, 1135 (Wash Ct. App. 1997) (addressing a free-speech challenge to an ordinance and concluding “a violation of the ordinance i

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Bausch & Lomb Incorporated v. National Labor Relations Boardgreen
ca2 · 1971 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 1983–1983
2 sentences

1983The viability of this interest in the face of an employer’s free speech challenge was judicially affirmed in Bausch & Lomb Inc. v. NLRB, 451 F.2d 873 , 877-80 (2d Cir.1971).

1983The second circuit court recognized that the board’s standards for elections may have a “minimal chilling effect” on speech, id. at 879, but that to sanction “free-for-all-anything-goes conduct” would “bring chaos, not peace to employer-employee relations.” Id.

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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.

Also cited on this issue (3)

CaseCitedYears
United States v. Hansen green
scotus · 2023
1 sentence

2024The rule can be applied to sanction an attorney for nonexpressive conduct constituting sexual harassment because “nonexpressive conduct . . . does not implicate the First Amendment at all.” Id. at 782 ; see also DeJohn, 537 F.3d at 316 (“[T]here is no question that non-expressive, physically harassing conduct is entirely outside the ambit of the free speech clause . . . .”).

12024–2024
Bates v. State Bar of Arizona green
scotus · 1977
2 sentences

1984It is here because of the Supreme Court interpretation of the free speech clause of the first amendment of the United States Constitution in both Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, 433 U.S. 350 , 97 S.Ct. 2691 , 53 L.Ed.2d 810 (1977) and In re R.M.J. 455 U.S. 191 , 102 S.Ct. 929 , 71 L.Ed.2d 64 (1982).

1984It is here because of the Supreme Court interpretation of the free speech clause of the first amendment of the United States Constitution in both Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, 433 U.S. 350 , 97 S.Ct. 2691 , 53 L.Ed.2d 810 (1977) and In re R.M.J. 455 U.S. 191 , 102 S.Ct. 929 , 71 L.Ed.2d 64 (1982).

11984–1984
In Re RMJ green
scotus · 1982
2 sentences

1984It is here because of the Supreme Court interpretation of the free speech clause of the first amendment of the United States Constitution in both Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, 433 U.S. 350 , 97 S.Ct. 2691 , 53 L.Ed.2d 810 (1977) and In re R.M.J. 455 U.S. 191 , 102 S.Ct. 929 , 71 L.Ed.2d 64 (1982).

1984It is here because of the Supreme Court interpretation of the free speech clause of the first amendment of the United States Constitution in both Bates v. State Bar of Arizona, 433 U.S. 350 , 97 S.Ct. 2691 , 53 L.Ed.2d 810 (1977) and In re R.M.J. 455 U.S. 191 , 102 S.Ct. 929 , 71 L.Ed.2d 64 (1982).

11984–1984

Where else courts name it

CA 65 (1966–2026) TX 31 (1987–2026) NJ 22 (1954–2024) IL 20 (1978–2021) WA 17 (1999–2025) PA 11 (1979–2025) GA 9 (1974–2024) IN 8 (1991–2018) NC 7 (1995–2023) IA 7 (1983–2026) OH 7 (1999–2023) NY 6 (1948–2013) CT 5 (2001–2024) UT 5 (2003–2024) HI 5 (1988–2014) MI 5 (2018–2023) MT 5 (1995–2010) FL 4 (1989–2025) AZ 4 (1974–2019) MD 4 (1979–2015) OR 3 (1991–2020) MO 3 (1989–2016) CO 3 (1996–2015) WI 3 (1987–2026) AK 3 (1982–1989) OK 3 (1981–2017) NM 2 (1992–2003) MN 2 (1994–2012) DC 2 (1985–1987) MA 2 (1984–2012) NH 2 (1976–2018) VT 2 (1980–1996) NE 2 (1986–1997) ND 2 (2010–2010) VA 2 (1988–2000) WY 2 (1976–2017)

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