Jones v. Loess Hills Area Education Agency 13

HARRIS, Justice.

A provision in Iowa’s administrative procedure act provides that “[djiscovery procedures applicable to civil actions are available to all parties in contested cases before an agency.” § 17A.13, The Code 1981. Plaintiff is an administrator of defendant agency. Due to funding cutbacks, defendant agency met March 30, 1981, in a closed meeting to consider terminating plaintiff’s contract. The agency board passed a resolution to consider termination of plaintiff’s position at the end of the 1980-81 contract year. Plaintiff thereafter, exercising a statutory right under section…