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PETERZALEK v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR POLK COUNTY

No. 23-1115.

JEFFREY PETERZALEK and MOLLY WEBER, Plaintiffs, v. IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR POLK COUNTY, Defendant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed May 17, 2024.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brenna Bird , Attorney General; Eric H. Wessan , Solicitor General; Patrick C. Valencia , Deputy Solicitor General; Alexa Den Herder (argued), Assistant Solicitor General; and Lindsey L. Browning , Assistant Attorney General, for plaintiffs.

Amy Beck (argued) of Fiedler Law Firm, P.L.C., Johnston, and Kellie L. Paschke of Skinner & Paschke, PLLC, West Des Moines, for defendant.

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

This case is about depositions of attorneys. We consider whether parties to civil disputes may depose attorneys who have provided legal services to an opposing party. We conclude that those depositions should not be wholly prohibited. But we adopt the Eighth Circuit's Shelton test, which greatly limits the circumstances in which...

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