Black v. University of Iowa

WOLLE, Justice.

This interlocutory appeal from the district court’s denial of a motion to dismiss raises fundamental issues concerning the nature of a petition for judicial review of administrative action and the doctrine of exhaustion of administrative remedies. Petitioner Asa Black, an assistant professor at the University of Iowa, was denied academic tenure by decisions of university officials, affirmed on administrative review by the Iowa Board of Regents. In his petition for judicial review of that agency action, filed pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 17A (1981), petitioner alleged four…