Klinge v. Bentien

How courts have described this case

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

• concluding that “the legislature intended obtaining a mediation release from the farm mediation service to be a prerequisite to subject matter jurisdiction”
• concluding that “the legislature intended obtaining a mediation release from the farm mediation service to be a prerequisite to subject matter jurisdiction”
• holding failure by the plaintiff to mediate under Iowa Code section 654B.3 deprived the district court of subject matter jurisdiction
• discussing the difference between subject matter jurisdiction and the court’s authority to hear a particular case
• explaining Iowa courts’ increasing care with regard to distinguishing between subject matter jurisdiction and authority to hear a case
• “If a court enters a judgment without jurisdiction over the subject matter, the judgment is void . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).