District court, Judicial District 5
Michael D. Huppert
Senior Judge · District 5C · Polk County
About
- Appointed to this post in 19991
- Senior judges are retired judges the Supreme Court assigns to cases; they aren’t on the ballot.
Chief Judge Michael D. Huppert, Polk County, was appointed to the bench in December of 1999. He earned his bachelor’s degree in 1979 from Drake University and his law degree from Drake University Law School in 1982, where he was inducted into the Order of the Coif. Prior to his…
Appeals from this judge’s cases
2 appeals on record; 1 reversed or vacated at least in part.2
- Steve Veysey, Kathy Carter, and Mary Powell v. Iowa Department of Natural Resources, Iowa Utilities Commission and Governor Kim Reynolds, in…AI summary Several individuals sued the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the Iowa Utilities Commission, and the Governor, but the lower court dismissed their claims. The court of appeals agreed with that dismissal because the individuals did not have the legal right…
- Criminal appeal No. 23-2114AI summary The dispute concerned whether a state law allowing police to search garbage left outside a home without a warrant violates the Iowa Constitution. A lower court ruled that the law was unconstitutional and blocked the evidence found during the search. The Iowa S…