Legal Opinion
City of Postville, Iowa and Jason Meyer v. Upper Explorerland Regional Planning Commission, Martin Brennan, Kathy Campbell, Ray Whalen, Leon Griebenow, Andrew Wenthe, Karla Organist, Warren Steffen, Michael Kenedy, Janet McGovern, Dean Darling, Les Askelson, and Randy Uhl
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 7, 2013No. 12–1002PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WIGGINS, Justice.
This matter involves a claim against a local governmental body and its members for violating the Iowa Open Meetings Act (IOMA). The three issues involved in this appeal are (1) whether a volunteer of a governmental body is immune under Iowa Code section 28H.4 (2011) for damages due to alleged IOMA violations; (2) whether the governmental body’s meeting notices met the requirements of section 21.4(1); and (3) whether a certain publication is a newspaper of general circulation, as required by section 28E.6(3)(a). The local governmental body and its members moved for summary…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- DeVoss v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 2002
- State v. WiederienSupreme Court of Iowa · 2006
- Vania Minor, Individually and as Mother, Natural Guardian and Next Best Friend of D.A. v. State of Iowa, Becky Grabe, Individually and Cleo Hester, IndividuallySupreme Court of Iowa · 2012
- Dobrovolny v. ReinhardtSupreme Court of Iowa · 1970
- Bank of the West v. KlineSupreme Court of Iowa · 2010
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- James Hunter v. Page County, IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2024
- Dutrac Community Credit Union v. Douglas P. Hefel and Sheila K. HefelSupreme Court of Iowa · 2017
- Amended August 20, 2014 Christopher J. Godfrey v. State of Iowa Terry Branstad, Governor of the State of Iowa, Individually and in His Official Capacity Kimberly Reynolds, Lieutenant Governor of the State of Iowa, Individually and in Her Official Capacity Jeff Boeyink, Chief of Staff to the Governor of the State of Iowa, Individually and in His Official Capacity Brenna Findley, Legal Counsel toSupreme Court of Iowa · 2014
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