Legal Opinion
Godfrey v. State
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 20, 2008No. 05-1691PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CADY, Justice.
This appeal involves a claim by a litigant that the Iowa legislature violated the single-subject rule of the Iowa Constitution in enacting a comprehensive statute during a special extraordinary legislative session in 2004. The district court concluded the litigant had no standing to assert the claim and dismissed the action without addressing the merits. On appeal, we affirm the judgment of the district court.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
On September 7, 2004, the Iowa General Assembly met at the State Capitol for a special one-day, extraordinary legislative session. See…
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