Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Miller v. Smokers Warehouse Corp.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided August 3, 2007No. 04-1692PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERNUS, Chief Justice.
The appellants, Smokers Warehouse Corp. and its owner/president, Bruce Vo-gel, appeal from a district court order granting the State’s application to enforce civil investigative demands issued by the appellee, Iowa Attorney General Thomas J. Miller, under the authority of the Iowa Consumer Fraud Act, Iowa Code section 714.16 (2003). Smokers Warehouse and Vogel challenge the Attorney General’s authority to issue a civil investigative demand under the Act and assert section 714.16 violates their due process rights. We affirm.
I. Background Facts and Proceedings.
In 2003 the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Krull v. THERMOGAS CO. OF NORTHWOOD IA.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1994
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