7 canonical passages across 7 cases, quoted by 24 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Hoover v. Iowa State Highway Commission.
| # | Case | Flag | Canonical passage | Citers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hoover v. Iowa State Highway Commission Anchor | green | “appearing . . . at the very threshold of the iowa bill of rights, constitutional safeguard is thereby emphasized and shown to be paramount.” | 6 |
| 2 | Steinberg-Baum & Co. v. Dayton Countryman | green | “that a law may be severe, drastic or work hardship does not render it unconstitutional in the respect claimed.” | 3 |
| 3 | Residential and Agricultural Advisory Committee, LLC, an Iowa Limited Liability Company Matt Mescher Allan R. Demmer Catherine Demmer Wayne Ameskamp Sharon Ameskamp Vernon Boge Donald Boge Mary Ann Rubly John R. Rubly Dolores Thier Larry Thier Gary Burkle Cindy Burkle Wayne Vorwald Linda Vorwald Jeff Pape Gerald Wolf And Joanne Wolf v. Dyersville City Council, Mayor Jame | green | “zoning and land use ordinances that do not impact a suspect classification 49 must only meet the rational relationship test.” | 3 |
| 4 | Dalarna Farms Vs. Access Energy Coop. | green | “statute purporting to immunize a defendant who creates or maintains a nuisance from liability to another for the value of the diminution of the property caused by the nuisance is unconstitutional.” | 3 |
| 5 | AFSCME Iowa Council 61 v. State of Iowa and Iowa Public Employment Relations Board | green | “our role is to decide whether constitutional lines were crossed, not to sit as a superlegislature rethinking policy choices of the elected branches.” | 3 |
| 6 | In re Ruth | green | “either can property be acquired, enjoyed and disposed of to the peril of the lives, health, happiness and property of others.” | 3 |
| 7 | Trulock v. Merte | green | “the evidence shows that they kept the pen as clean as was possible, yet offensive smells arose from it, which penetrated plaintiff's house. the pen, when used for that purpose, would necessarily be a nuisance, and plaintiff is entitled to have it abated.” | 3 |
A red or yellow flag on a member means the underlying case has negative treatment — for those, check the case page before relying on the passage.