Sikora v. Iowa

Docket number
23–1766
Date

Iowa Supreme Court held that a former incarcerated person’s state constitutional and tort damages claims against the state and correction officers for releasing him from prison five months late were barred by the legislature’s choice not to waive sovereign immunity for false imprisonment claims. Three dissenting justices would have held that the right to sue an official for false imprisonment was part of the common law at the state constitution’s adoption and was secured by its liberty guarantees, precluding legislators from eliminating that right in the state tort claims act. 

Opinions, Briefs and other Documents

  • Opinion

Supreem Court of Iowa - Opinion

  • Party Brief

Sikora - Reply Brief

  • Party Brief

State of Iowa - Brief

  • Party Brief

Sikora - Brief

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