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SMITH v. IOWA DIST. COURT FOR POLK COUNTY

No. 22-0401.

3 N.W.3d 524 (2024)

Senator Roby SMITH, Senator Jim Carlin, Senator Chris Cournoyer, Senator Adrian Dickey, Senator Jason Schultz, Senator Dan Zumbach, Former Senator Zach Whiting, Representative Brooke Boden, Representative Bobby Kaufmann, Representative Carter Nordman, and Representative Jeff Shipley, Plaintiffs, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR POLK COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed February 23, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenna Bird , Attorney General; Samuel P. Langholz (until withdrawal), Chief Deputy Attorney General; W. Charles Smithson , Legal Counsel and Secretary of the Senate; and Eric H. Wessan (argued), Solicitor General, for plaintiffs.

David R. Fox (argued), Uzoma N. Nkwonta , Melinda K. Johnson , William K. Hancock , Alexander F. Atkins , and John M. Geise (until withdrawal), of Elias Law Group LLP, Washington, D.C.; and Shayla McCormally of McCormally & Cosgrove, PLLC, Des Moines, and for defendant.

Alan R. Ostergren of Alan R. Ostergren, PC, Des Moines, for amici curiae Republican National Committee, National Republican Senatorial Committee, National Republication Congressional Committee, and Republican Party of Iowa.

Oxley, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all justices joined.

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