Anderson v. City Development Board of the Iowa

SNELL, Justice.

There are three parties involved in this appeal. The City Development Board of the State of Iowa (Board) is the appellant. The City of Des Moines (DSM) intervened in these proceedings and is also an appellant. The citizens of the unincorporated territory of “West Carlisle,” led by John Anderson, are the appellees. At the agency level, the Board dismissed West Car-lisle’s involuntary petition to be annexed into Carlisle. On judicial review, the district court reversed this dismissal. We reverse the district court’s decision and remand for a reinstatement of the petition’s…