· 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
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- 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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