Iowa Court of Appeals
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The Iowa Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in Iowa’s state judiciary, reviewing decisions from lower courts before potential further review by the Iowa Supreme Court.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Iowa Court of Appeals canonical | 7 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3734568 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iowa Court of Appeals Context triple: [Iowa Supreme Court, hearsAppealsFrom, Iowa Court of Appeals]
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A.
Iowa Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Iowa, responsible for interpreting state law and the Iowa Constitution.
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B.
Sixth Judicial District of Iowa
The Sixth Judicial District of Iowa is a state trial court jurisdiction that oversees legal proceedings, including civil and criminal cases, for a group of counties in eastern Iowa.
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C.
United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the northern region of Iowa.
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D.
United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the southern region of the state of Iowa.
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E.
Iowa state court system
The Iowa state court system is the unified judicial branch of Iowa’s government that oversees and administers all state-level trial and appellate courts throughout the state.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Iowa Court of Appeals Target entity description: The Iowa Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in Iowa’s state judiciary, reviewing decisions from lower courts before potential further review by the Iowa Supreme Court.
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A.
Iowa Supreme Court
The Iowa Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Iowa, responsible for interpreting state law and the Iowa Constitution.
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B.
Sixth Judicial District of Iowa
The Sixth Judicial District of Iowa is a state trial court jurisdiction that oversees legal proceedings, including civil and criminal cases, for a group of counties in eastern Iowa.
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C.
United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa
The United States District Court for the Northern District of Iowa is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the northern region of Iowa.
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D.
United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the southern region of the state of Iowa.
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E.
Iowa state court system
The Iowa state court system is the unified judicial branch of Iowa’s government that oversees and administers all state-level trial and appellate courts throughout the state.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
court of law
ⓘ
intermediate appellate court ⓘ state court ⓘ |
| appealFrom |
Iowa District Courts
ⓘ
surface form:
Iowa district courts
|
| appealTo | Iowa Supreme Court ⓘ |
| appliesLawOf |
Constitution of the State of Iowa
ⓘ
surface form:
Constitution of Iowa
United States Constitution ⓘ
surface form:
Constitution of the United States
Iowa Code ⓘ |
| bindingOn |
Iowa district courts
ⓘ
Iowa magistrate courts ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| courtSystem |
Iowa state court system
ⓘ
surface form:
Iowa state courts
|
| courtSystemLevel | second-highest court in Iowa ⓘ |
| courtType | appellate-only court ⓘ |
| decisionsCitableAs | precedent in Iowa courts ⓘ |
| decisionsPublishedAs | Court of Appeals opinions ⓘ |
| doesNotHandle | original jurisdiction in trial matters ⓘ |
| establishedBy | Iowa General Assembly ⓘ |
| governingDocument |
Iowa Code
ⓘ
surface form:
Iowa Code chapter on appellate procedure
Constitution of the State of Iowa ⓘ
surface form:
Iowa Constitution
|
| handles | appeals as a matter of right in most cases ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver | appeals arising within Iowa ⓘ |
| hasOfficialWebsite | https://www.iowacourts.gov ⓘ |
| hears | appeals assigned by the Iowa Supreme Court ⓘ |
| hearsCasesInPanels | yes ⓘ |
| highestCourtAbove | Iowa Supreme Court ⓘ |
| judgesRetainedBy | retention elections ⓘ |
| judgesSelectedBy | gubernatorial appointment ⓘ |
| judicialSelectionProcess | merit-based selection ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
Iowa
ⓘ
surface form:
State of Iowa
|
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| legalSystem | common law ⓘ |
| levelInJudicialHierarchy | intermediate ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Polk County, Iowa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| location | Des Moines, Iowa ⓘ |
| numberOfJudges | 9 ⓘ |
| panelSize | 3 judges ⓘ |
| partOf |
Iowa state court system
ⓘ
surface form:
Judicial Branch of Iowa
|
| reviews |
civil cases on appeal
ⓘ
criminal cases on appeal ⓘ decisions of Iowa district courts ⓘ juvenile cases on appeal ⓘ probate cases on appeal ⓘ |
| seat |
Iowa Judicial Branch Building
ⓘ
surface form:
Judicial Branch Building, Des Moines, Iowa
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| subjectToReviewBy | Iowa Supreme Court ⓘ |
| typeOfOrganization | public body ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Iowa Court of Appeals Description of subject: The Iowa Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in Iowa’s state judiciary, reviewing decisions from lower courts before potential further review by the Iowa Supreme Court.
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Iowa Supreme Court