Legal Opinion

Annear v. State

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided February 17, 1988No. 86-1829PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HARRIS, Justice.

The trial court dismissed this civil rights action upon finding it lacked subject matter jurisdiction. In this appeal challenging that ruling we are not called upon to consider the merits or viability of the claim. Our review is narrowly limited to the challenged ruling, hence we address only whether, as the district court held, the action was barred because review was not sought within 180 days. We reverse and remand because on this record we cannot hold it was barred.

The plaintiff Robert Annear worked as a custodian for the Iowa department of public defense at Camp Dodge…

2Cases cited9 opinions

  1. United Air Lines, Inc. v. EvansSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  2. Laffey v. Northwest Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
  3. Herman GONZALEZ, Etc., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  4. Joannie Allen Dumas v. Town of Mount Vernon, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  5. Satz v. ITT Financial Corp.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1980

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Renda v. Iowa Civil Rights CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 2010
  2. Hulme v. BarrettSupreme Court of Iowa · 1989
  3. Hy-Vee Food Stores, Inc. v. Iowa Civil Rights CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 1990
  4. Smith v. ADM Feed Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1990
  5. Ritz v. Wapello County Board of SupervisorsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1999

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