Postma v. Iowa District Court for Plymouth County

439 N.W.2d 179 (1989)

Harold O. POSTMA, Plaintiff,

v.

IOWA DISTRICT COURT FOR PLYMOUTH COUNTY, Defendant.

No. 87-1594.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

April 19, 1989.

Harold O. Postma, Orange City, pro se.

Robert J. Dull, Co. Atty., for defendant.

Considered en banc.

In this original certiorari action, plaintiff Harold O. Postma challenges the district court's order setting his fees for working as a court-appointed attorney in a criminal case. Postma contends that: 1) the county attorney is equitably estopped from asserting the cost guidelines for court-appointed counsel; 2) these guidelines violate the federal…