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equal doctrine in Iowa

5 Iowa opinions name it 1 courts 1938–2020 0 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
Coger v. North West. Union Packet Co.green
iowa · 1873 · cited in 2 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2012–2020
2 sentences

2020Union Packet Co., 37 Iowa 145 , 153–54 (1873) (providing equality in public accommodations twenty years before Plessy27 arrived at the separate but equal doctrine); Clark v. Bd. of Dirs., 24 Iowa 266, 274 (1868) (desegregating public schools over eighty years before the Brown 28 decision); In re Ralph, 1 Morris 1 (1839) (extending equal protection to all men, regardless of color, and eighteen years before the Supreme Court reached the opposite conclusion in the Dred Scott29 decision).

2012In Coger v. Northwestern Union Packet Co., 37 Iowa 145, 153-55 (1873), this court, relying upon article I, section 1 of the Iowa Constitution, refused to endorse the separate but equal doctrine and instead held that persons of color were entitled to be admitted as a steamboat passenger on equal terms to white patrons.

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Plessy v. Fergusonred
scotus · 1896 · cited in 2 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2012–2014
2 sentences

2014As is often celebrated, our subsequent cases dealing with the rights of African Americans adopted an approach much different than the United States Supreme Court ultimately adopted in Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, 540-52 , 16 S.Ct. 1138, 1139-44 , 41 L.Ed. 256, 257-61 (1896) (upholding state law requiring separate but equal accommodations for white and nonwhite railway passengers as constitutional against challenges under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments), overruled by Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483, 494 , 74 S.Ct. 686, 692 , 98 L.Ed. 873, 880-81 (1954) (rejecting the se

2014As is often celebrated, our subsequent cases dealing with the rights of African Americans adopted an approach much different than the United States Supreme Court ultimately adopted in Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, 540-52 , 16 S.Ct. 1138, 1139-44 , 41 L.Ed. 256, 257-61 (1896) (upholding state law requiring separate but equal accommodations for white and nonwhite railway passengers as constitutional against challenges under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments), overruled by Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483, 494 , 74 S.Ct. 686, 692 , 98 L.Ed. 873, 880-81 (1954) (rejecting the se

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Brown v. Board of Educationgreen
scotus · 1954 · cited in 2 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2012–2014
2 sentences

2014As is often celebrated, our subsequent cases dealing with the rights of African Americans adopted an approach much different than the United States Supreme Court ultimately adopted in Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, 540-52 , 16 S.Ct. 1138, 1139-44 , 41 L.Ed. 256, 257-61 (1896) (upholding state law requiring separate but equal accommodations for white and nonwhite railway passengers as constitutional against challenges under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments), overruled by Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483, 494 , 74 S.Ct. 686, 692 , 98 L.Ed. 873, 880-81 (1954) (rejecting the se

2014As is often celebrated, our subsequent cases dealing with the rights of African Americans adopted an approach much different than the United States Supreme Court ultimately adopted in Plessy v. Ferguson, 163 U.S. 537, 540-52 , 16 S.Ct. 1138, 1139-44 , 41 L.Ed. 256, 257-61 (1896) (upholding state law requiring separate but equal accommodations for white and nonwhite railway passengers as constitutional against challenges under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments), overruled by Brown v. Board of Education, 347 U.S. 483, 494 , 74 S.Ct. 686, 692 , 98 L.Ed. 873, 880-81 (1954) (rejecting the se

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Clark v. Board of Directorsgreen
· 1868 · cited in 1 Iowa opinions naming this issue, 2020–2020
1 sentence

2020Union Packet Co., 37 Iowa 145 , 153–54 (1873) (providing equality in public accommodations twenty years before Plessy27 arrived at the separate but equal doctrine); Clark v. Bd. of Dirs., 24 Iowa 266, 274 (1868) (desegregating public schools over eighty years before the Brown 28 decision); In re Ralph, 1 Morris 1 (1839) (extending equal protection to all men, regardless of color, and eighteen years before the Supreme Court reached the opposite conclusion in the Dred Scott29 decision).

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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
In re Ralph green
· 1839
1 sentence

2020Union Packet Co., 37 Iowa 145 , 153–54 (1873) (providing equality in public accommodations twenty years before Plessy27 arrived at the separate but equal doctrine); Clark v. Bd. of Dirs., 24 Iowa 266, 274 (1868) (desegregating public schools over eighty years before the Brown 28 decision); In re Ralph, 1 Morris 1 (1839) (extending equal protection to all men, regardless of color, and eighteen years before the Supreme Court reached the opposite conclusion in the Dred Scott29 decision).

12020–2020
State v. Kulow green
iowa · 1963
2 sentences

1972It is elementary that if the prosecution can introduce evidence of a required specific intent, the defendant must be given the equal privilege of showing the lack of such intent [citation].’” In support of the trial court’s ruling the State relies on this statement from State v. Kulow, 255 Iowa at 793 , 123 N.W.2d at 875 : “Some contention is made that the necessary intent to defraud is not present in the instant case, because the defendant did, several months later, pay the amount of the check * * *.

1972It is elementary that if the prosecution can introduce evidence of a required specific intent, the defendant must be given the equal privilege of showing the lack of such intent [citation].’” In support of the trial court’s ruling the State relies on this statement from State v. Kulow, 255 Iowa at 793 , 123 N.W.2d at 875 : “Some contention is made that the necessary intent to defraud is not present in the instant case, because the defendant did, several months later, pay the amount of the check * * *.

11972–1972
Lamm v. Sooy neutral
· 1890
2 sentences

1938Lamm v. Sooy, 79 Iowa 593 , 44 N. W. 893 .

1938Lamm v. Sooy, 79 Iowa 593 , 44 N. W. 893 .

11938–1938

Where else courts name it

IL 21 (1953–2022) OR 9 (1904–2026) KS 9 (1894–2011) OH 8 (1989–2025) CA 8 (1962–2022) IA 5 (1938–2020) PA 4 (1934–1989) ID 4 (1987–2007) NJ 3 (1933–2008) IN 3 (1862–1957) MA 3 (1922–1935) NY 3 (1975–1992) AL 2 (1993–2006) TN 2 (1956–2011) OK 2 (1908–1958) DE 2 (1950–1950) WA 2 (1965–1991) TX 2 (1987–1990)

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