Keith Jenkins v. State of Indiana (mem. dec.)

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that the right to control the parenting of a child is fundamental
• holding an ordinance violated the Fourteenth Amendment and was \arbitrary and irrational\ where the ordinance presumed the negligence of a parent merely because their child violated the law
• describing section 613.16 as imposing “vicarious liability upon parents for the tortious damages to persons or property caused by their children”
• vacating fee award and remanding for reconsideration in light of the level of the prevailing party’s success
• noting a factor to consider when awarding attorney fees in a federal civil 2 In the article, The Iowa Equal Access to Justice Act: Is Recovery Available, 39 Drake L. Rev. 431, 466 (1989-90
• “The state has a legitimate interest to promote the public welfare or the well-being of the child.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).