Senator Roby Smith, Senator Jim Carlin, Senator Chris Cournoyer, Senator Adrian Dickey, Senator Jason Shultz…

Summary

The Iowa Supreme Court held that the Iowa Constitution creates a legislative privilege shielding state legislators from compelled production of documents, including communications with third parties related to the legislative process, and therefore quashed the subpoenas issued to the legislators. The court reversed the district court’s partial grant of LULAC’s motion to compel and remanded with instructions to vacate the discovery orders.