MATTER OF DETHMERS MFG. CO.

No. 21-1652.

985 N.W.2d 806 (2023)

In the MATTER OF the Subpoenas Issued to DETHMERS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Dethmers Manufacturing Company, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed February 10, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel E. DeKoter (argued) of DeKoter, Thole, Dawson, Rockman & Krikke, P.L.C., Sibley, for appellant.

Frederick W. James (argued) of The James Law Firm, P.C., Des Moines, and Nicholas A. Blanda of Anderson, Dozier, Blanda & Saltzman, Lafayette, Louisiana, for appellee Tharun Mittapalli.

May, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all justices joined. Waterman, J., filed a concurrence, in which Mansfield, J., joined.


Subpoenas are powerful tools. By serving subpoenas, private parties and their attorneys can compel free citizens to appear at specified places, give sworn testimony, produce documents, and more. But with this power comes responsibility. See, e.g., 9A Charles Alan Wright & Arthur R. Miller, Federal Practice and Procedure...

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