Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Nickerson
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided January 17, 1996No. 93-1703PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRIS, Justice.
This tort suit was brought by a former jury foreman against a criminal defendant’s counsel for their conduct in filing posttrial motions and against a newspaper for publishing a story concerning the attorneys’ efforts. The trial court granted summary judgment in favor of the newspaper. A jury found in favor of defendant lawyers. We affirm.
John Albert Knox Jr., an African-American man, was accused of raping and murdering a Caucasian woman in 1987. We affirmed Knox’s murder conviction. State v. Knox, 464 N.W.2d 445 (Iowa 1990). Knox’s attorneys, Donald Nickerson and Paul…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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3Cited by54 opinions
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