Bivens v. Van Matre

How courts have described this case

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• refusing to consider legislative history of a statute because the terms of the statute were clear and unambiguous
• finding an issue not preserved for review when the plaintiff failed to raise the issue with enough specificity to the district court on judicial review and noting, “[Plaintiff’s] allegation in his petition for judicial review is far too unspecific to preserve a . . . challenge”
• “ ‘Issues not raised before the district court ... cannot be raised for the first time on appeal.’ ” (quoting State v. McCright, 569 N.W.2d 605, 607 (Iowa 1997))
• “Issues not raised before the district court . . . cannot be raised for the first time on appeal.”
• “Issues not raised before the district court, including constitutional issues, cannot be raised for the first time on appeal.” (citation omitted)
• failure to raise constitutional issue before agency prevents preservation of claim for judicial review and on appeal

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).