Statute treatment: Iowa Code § 804.7

Ranked leading cases interpreting this statute, drawn from 57 citation events across 40 distinct cases.

57citations total

40distinct interpreting cases

7distinct courts

4citations in last 5y

1983–2023year range

Top 20 leading cases

#1 Atwater v. City of Lago Vista (2001) scotus 1,359 own cites 2× in case

#2 Maxine Gail Veatch v. City of Waverly and Jason Leonard, Individually and in His Official Capacity (2015) iowa 30 own cites 4× in case

#3 Children v. Burton (1983) iowa 41 own cites 2× in case

#4 State v. Ceron (1997) iowa 32 own cites 2× in case

#5 State v. Breuer (1998) iowa 84 own cites 1× in case

#6 United States v. Boston (2007) ca8 72 own cites 1× in case

#7 Lawyer v. City of Council Bluffs (2004) ca8 60 own cites 1× in case

#8 Rife v. D.T. Corner, Inc. (2002) iowa 44 own cites 1× in case

#9 State v. Christopher (2008) iowa 33 own cites 1× in case

#10 State v. Cook (1995) iowa 25 own cites 1× in case

#11 Lawyer v. City of Council Bluffs, Iowa (2002) iasd 8 own cites 2× in case

#12 State v. Harris (1992) iowa 16 own cites 1× in case

#13 State v. Merrill (1995) iowa 16 own cites 1× in case

#14 State of Iowa v. John Penn-Kennedy (2015) iowa 16 own cites 1× in case

#15 State v. Johnson (1986) iowactapp 9 own cites 1× in case

#16 Rickie Rilea and Timothy Riley v. Iowa Department of Transportation (2018) iowa 9 own cites 1× in case

#17 Jones v. Wilder-Tomlinson (2008) iand 1 own cites 6× in case

#18 Fakorzi v. Dillard's, Inc. (2003) iasd 3 own cites 1× in case

#19 Perzynski v. Cerro Gordo County (2013) iand 2 own cites 1× in case

#20 Davis v. City of Albia (2006) iasd 2 own cites 1× 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.