Council Bluffs Community School District v. City of Council Bluffs Ex Rel. Council Bluffs Human Relations Commission

REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.

We granted interlocutory appeal to consider these issues: (1) whether the district court should have considered a transcript of deliberations leading to final agency action as part of the record for purposes of judicial review of a contested case proceeding, and (2) whether district court, in reviewing a claim of agency bias, had authority to supplement the agency record by authorizing the deposition of all individuals who attended the public meeting at which the agency’s final decision was reached. We answer both questions in the negative, and thus reverse the…