Legal Opinion · Dissent

Adams v. Fort Madison Community School District

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided December 15, 1970No. 54061Published

1Dissent

BECKER, Justice.

I respectfully dissent.

The precise issue before us; i.e., whether extraordinary majority requirements in bond issue cases are constitutional, has been decided by three states and a three-judge federal court in the past IS months. Idaho has held such a requirement constitutional. Bogert v. Kinzer, 93 Idaho 515, 465 P.2d 639 (March 1970). A three-judge federal court held Missouri’s constitutional two-thirds-majority requirement constitutional. Brenner v. School District of Kansas City, D.C., 315 F.Supp. 627 (August 1970). West Virginia and California held such requirements…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  2. Skinner v. Oklahoma Ex Rel. WilliamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1942
  3. Kramer v. Union Free School District No. 15Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
  4. Gray v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Carrington v. RashSupreme Court of the United States · 1965

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