World Teacher Seminar, Inc. v. Iowa District Court for Jefferson County

I concur in the majority opinion but write separately on the question whether this consent decree so violated public policy as to be void.

Our focus is on a consent decree that was part of an elaborate settlement agreement negotiated and drafted by attorneys representing the parties, approved by the trial court, and duly executed. See McCarthy v. Iowa Dist. Court, 386 N.W.2d 122, 126 (Iowa App.1986). The plaintiff contends this document, though deliberately agreed to and intended to settle the parties’ rights and obligations, should be declared void and unenforceable because it contained terms…