Legal Opinion
Nixon v. State
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided September 30, 2005No. 03-1850PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STREIT, Justice.
The King can do no wrong, but will he do right by our orphans? 1 Over sixty-five years ago, a professor at the University of Iowa performed an experiment on children at the Iowa Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home testing a theory regarding the origins of stuttering in young children. The children did not find out they were actual participants in the study for seven decades.
When the children did find out, they sued the State of Iowa for damages relating to their lifelong battle with speech problems. The State filed a motion to dismiss. The State claimed it had not waived its sovereign…
2Cases cited27 opinions
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- Urie v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Towne v. EisnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Foley v. the Pittsburgh-Des Moines Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1949
- Chrischilles v. GriswoldSupreme Court of Iowa · 1967
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