Smith v. Smith

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “[a]n inartfully drawn [pro se] petition hastily dismissed—as this one was—could leave the petitioner without any [means of recourse from the court]”
• holding a defense of res judicata cannot be raised by a motion to dismiss
• holding a defense of res judicata cannot be raised by a motion to dismiss
• allowing incidents of abuse occurring at least five months before the petition for protective order to be considered
• stating “petition must allege enough facts to give defendant ‘fair notice’ of claim”
• “A petition gives ‘fair notice’ if it informs the defendant of the incident giving rise to the claim and of the claim’s general nature.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

29 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Benjamin Feld, Larry Feld, And Judith Feld Vs. Luke Borkowski
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2010-10-22· cited 90×
• Wilker v. Wilker
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2001-07-05· cited 75×
• Rieff v. Evans
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2001-07-03· cited 62×
• Rees v. City of Shenandoah
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2004-06-16· cited 51×
• Venard v. Winter
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1994-11-23· cited 36×
• Kingsway Cathedral v. Iowa Department of Transportation
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2006-03-10· cited 35×
• Knight v. Knight
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1994-12-21· cited 32×
• American Family Mutual Insurance Co. v. Allied Mutual Insurance Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1997-04-23· cited 26×
• Fischer v. City of Sioux City
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2002-12-18· cited 21×
• Gerald P. Young, Michael L. Haigh, and Suzanne M. Runyon, Individually and on Behalf of Others Similarly Situated v. Healthport Technologies, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2016-03-18· cited 13×
• Kulish v. West Side Unlimited Corp.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1996-03-20· cited 11×
• In the Interest of L.H., Minor Child, S.M., Mother, J.H., Father
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2017-04-05
• Kenneth W. Turner Vs. Iowa State Bank & Trust Company Of Fairfield, Iowa, And Earl Wallace Dick
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2007-12-14
• Kingsway Cathedral, Vs. Iowa Department Of Transportation And City Of Des Moines, Iowa
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2006-03-10
• Marcinowicz v. Flick
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2017-12-06
• Fama Diakhoumpa v. Ismaila Sarr
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2019-11-06
• Michael Thomas Goodwin v. Iowa District Court for Davis County
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2019-12-20
• Adil D. Adams v. University of Iowa Hospitals & Clinics
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2020-03-04
• T.D. v. J.P.
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2020-04-01
• Sahar Taha Faraj v. Musallam Yassen Faraj
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2020-04-15

Cites

6 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Harden v. State
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1989-01-25· cited 68×
• Schmidt v. Wilkinson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1983-11-23· cited 50×
• Soike v. Evan Matthews and Co.
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1981-03-18· cited 38×
• American National Bank v. Sivers
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1986-05-21· cited 17×
• Bickford v. American Interinsurance Exchange
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1974-12-18· cited 12×
• Haugland v. Schmidt
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1984-06-13· cited 7×