Legal Opinion

Sierra Club Iowa Chapter, Linda Biederman, and Elwood Garlock v. Iowa Department of Transportation

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided June 7, 2013No. 11–1979PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WIGGINS, Justice.

An environmental organization and two of its local members filed a petition for judicial review challenging the Iowa Department of Transportation’s (IDOT) decision to locate a highway adjacent to and through two nature preserves. IDOT filed a motion to dismiss, arguing the court should dismiss the case on three bases: (1) the notice of appeal was not timely filed, (2) the organization and its two members failed to exhaust administrative remedies by not seeking a declaratory order under Iowa Code section 17A.9(l)(a) (2011) before petitioning for judicial review, and (3) the…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Abbott Laboratories v. GardnerSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  2. Califano v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Meier v. SENECAUT IIISupreme Court of Iowa · 2002
  4. Lynn G. Lamasters Vs. State of IowaSupreme Court of Iowa · 2012
  5. Rudolph v. Iowa Methodist Medical CenterSupreme Court of Iowa · 1980

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3Cited by42 opinions

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