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· 10/17/1979

In re the Marriage of Joens

Citations

  • 284 N.W.2d 326
  • 1979 Iowa Sup. LEXIS 1019

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that there is no bright-line rule favoring either retail or wholesale value in ordering restitution
  • discussing the proper amount of restitution in a similar case of theft from an animal clinic
  • affirming Court of Appeals decision \as right for the wrong reason\
  • In fashioning a restitution order, the district court may consider either the wholesale cost or retail value of inventory stolen from a commercial enterprise.
  • \The fair market value of inventory is the price that a willing seller and a willing buyer would agree upon in an arm's length-transaction.\
  • \The measure of restitution to be ordered is the amount that reimburses the victim for the actual loss suffered.\

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Judges: Larson, Legrand, McCormick, Reynoldson, Uhlenhopp

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