Bellino Fireworks, Inc. v. City of Ankeny

Rebecca Goodgame Ebinger, United States District Judge

I. INTRODUCTION

In May 2017, Iowa enacted legislation permitting the sale and use of consumer fireworks for two designated periods each year. Shortly thereafter, several Iowa cities enacted various ordinances regulating firework sales. A Nebraska corporation in the business of selling fireworks, Bellino Fireworks, Inc., brings this lawsuit against four cities requesting declaratory judgments that their ordinances are preempted by Iowa law, alleging the ordinances violate 42 U.S.C. § 1983, and contending the cities interfered with Bellino's…