Statute treatment: Iowa Code § 709.11

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 55 citation events across 34 distinct cases.

55citations total

34distinct interpreting cases

5distinct courts

8citations in last 5y

1984–2025year range

Top 16 leading cases

#1 Wendell A. Beets v. Iowa Department of Corrections Services, Director State of Iowa (1999) ca8 23 own cites 6× in case

#2 United States v. Donald Louis Weis (2007) ca8 56 own cites 3× in case

#3 State Of Iowa Vs. Mark Thomas Hennings (2010) iowa 98 own cites 2× in case

#4 State v. Taft (1993) iowa 48 own cites 2× in case

#5 State v. Jones (1990) iowa 39 own cites 2× in case

#6 United States v. Quiroga (2009) ca8 36 own cites 2× in case

#7 State v. Constable (1993) iowa 47 own cites 1× in case

#8 State v. Mayberry (1987) iowa 40 own cites 1× in case

#9 State v. McNitt (1990) iowa 21 own cites 1× in case

#10 Ross Barker v. Iowa Department of Public Safety (2019) iowa 15 own cites 1× in case

#11 State v. Spurgeon (1995) iowa 11 own cites 1× in case

#12 United States v. Marcos-Quiroga (2007) iand 10 own cites 1× in case

#13 State v. Luppes (1984) iowactapp 6 own cites 1× in case

#14 United States v. Christian Carrillo Topete (2024) ca8 2 own cites 2× in case

#15 United States v. Carlos Amaya (2014) ca5 1 own cites 4× in case

#16 United States v. Vasquez-Gutierrez (2012) ca8 1 own cites 2× in case

Ranking method: leading_score = ln(1 + own_citation_count) × √(mentions_in_case) × flag_factor, where flag_factor = 1.0 green · 0.6 unknown · 0.5 neutral · 0.4 yellow · 0.3 procedural · 0 red. Red-flagged cases excluded — their interpretation has been undermined and shouldn't lead the list. Top 20 returned per statute. Open any case for full G Cite, trajectory, and per-circuit treatment.