Legal Opinion
Oakes Construction Co. v. City of Iowa City
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 15, 1981No. 64373Published
1Opinion of the Court
304 N.W.2d 797 (1981)
OAKES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Appellant,
v.
CITY OF IOWA CITY, Iowa, Appellee.
No. 64373.
Supreme Court of Iowa.
April 15, 1981.
Rehearing Denied May 7, 1981.
Marion R. Neely of Neely Law Offices, Iowa City, for appellant.
John W. Hayek of Hayek, Hayek & Hayek, Iowa City, for appellee.
Considered en banc.
UHLENHOPP, Justice.
This appeal involves a question of the scope of the authority of a city council to approve or disapprove a subdivision plat. See §§ 409.1, 409.14, and 409.15, The Code 1981.
Section 409.1 of the Code provides:
Every proprietor of any tract or parcel of land of forty…
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- Longridge Builders v. Planning Bd. of Princeton Tp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1968
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