Legal Opinion
Albia Publishing Co. v. Klobnak
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided January 25, 1989No. 88-130PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEUMAN, Justice.
When the Monroe County Board of Supervisors met in January 1986 to select the newspapers in which official proceedings would be published for the ensuing year, two applicants came forward: the Albia Union-Republican and the Monroe County News. The board knew that the statute guiding its selection, Iowa Code § 349.3 (1985), required counties having a population of less than 15,000 to select two official newspapers unless “there be but one published therein.” Seizing on this qualification as an opportunity “to safeguard the taxpayers’ dollars,” the board decided the two…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Ashton v. StoySupreme Court of Iowa · 1895
- Nowlin v. ScurrSupreme Court of Iowa · 1983
- Osborn v. City of Cedar RapidsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1982
- Unification Church v. Clay Central School DistrictSupreme Court of Iowa · 1977
- Times-Guthrian Publishing Co. v. Guthrie County VedetteSupreme Court of Iowa · 1964
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3Cited by7 opinions
- City of Clinton v. SheridanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1995
- First Iowa State Bank v. Iowa Department of Natural ResourcesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1993
- Dunham v. ClaytonCourt of Appeals of Iowa · 1991
- Golinvaux v. City of DubuqueSupreme Court of Iowa · 1989
- City of Clinton v. SheridanSupreme Court of Iowa · 1995
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