City of Dubuque v. Iowa District Court for Dubuque County

STREIT, Justice.

The City of Dubuque complains it has been found in contempt of a court order that did not order it to do anything. After a district court invalidated Dubuque’s annexation of adjacent land and remanded the case to a state board handling such matters, the city claimed the annexation was still “in effect” and proceeded to provide services to the residents in the territory pending further review by this court. This action got Dubuque into hot water with the trial court, who found the city in contempt of the ruling annulling the annexation. We find Dubuque’s actions were not in…