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6 unusual facts about United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa


Carroll O. Switzer

In early 1949, President Harry S. Truman announced his plan to nominate Switzer to fill a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa vacated by Charles A. Dewey.

Kassel v. Consolidated Freightways Corp.

Plaintiff Consolidated Freightways Corporation sued Raymond Kassel, director of the Iowa Department of Transportation, Iowa governor Robert Ray, and number of other state transportation officials in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, alleging that Iowa's statutory scheme unconstitutionally burdens interstate commerce.

Marquette Nat. Bank of Minneapolis v. First of Omaha Service Corp.

He filed suit in the Southern District of Iowa against the Omaha bank on September 3, 1971, for exporting Nebraska's higher interest rates to his state.

National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown Davenport, Iowa

It currently serves as a Federal Courthouse for the Southern District of Iowa.

Puerto Rico v. Branstad

In February 1984, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico filed a petition for a writ of mandamus in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa that would order Governor Branstad to proceed with the extradition of Calder.

Rumeal Robinson

On September 8, 2010, Robinson was convicted on 11 counts in federal court in Des Moines, Iowa.


Charles Robert Wolle

Charles Robert Wolle (born 1935) is a former justice of the Iowa Supreme Court who currently serves as a senior federal judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa.

Smith McPherson

Instead, he served in the Fifty-sixth Congress from March 4, 1899, until he resigned to accept the appointment of United States district judge for the Southern District of Iowa.


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