Legal Opinion
State of Iowa v. Abraham K. Watkins
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 29, 2018No. 17-0183PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ZAGER, Justice.
An attorney removed from his elected position as Van Buren County Attorney challenges the district court order for his removal. Chapter 66 of the Iowa Code authorizes a district court to remove "[a]ny appointive or elective officer, except such as may be removed only by impeachment, holding any public office in the state or in any division or municipality thereof" in certain circumstances. Iowa Code § 66.1A (2015). We must now decide whether an elected county attorney was properly removed under this statute for sexual harassment. For the reasons set forth herein, we conclude…
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