COPELAND v. STATE

No. 21-0981.

986 N.W.2d 859 (2023)

Tommy Marion COPELAND, Appellant, v. STATE of Iowa and Iowa Air National Guard, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

Filed March 10, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Gribble , Christopher C. Stewart , and Haley Bryan (until withdrawal) of Gribble, Boles, Stewart & Witosky Law, Des Moines, for appellant.

Brenna Bird , Attorney General, Jeffrey Peterzalek and Alan W. Nagel , Assistant Attorneys General, for appellees.

May, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which all justices joined.


Iowa honors our veterans through the veterans preference statute, Iowa Code chapter 35C. The preference gives veterans important advantages in obtaining and retaining public-sector jobs.

Like most laws, though, chapter 35C contains exceptions. One of them applies to veterans who...

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