Legal Opinion
Water Development Co. v. Board of Water Works
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided June 17, 1992No. 91-554PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LARSON, Justice.
When the City of Des Moines annexed part of Polk County southwest of the city in 1988, the residents of the area were being served by the Water Development Company (WDC), a private corporation. Soon after the annexation, the Des Moines Water Works replaced WDC as sole supplier of water for the area. WDC sued the Board of Water Works Trustees and the City of Des Moines (the water works) on theories of inverse condemnation, intentional interference with contracts, and unfair trade practices. The district court granted summary judgment for the water works, and WDC appealed. 1 We…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Alabama Power Co. v. IckesSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- United States v. ClarkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Nesler v. Fisher and Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1990
- Preferred Marketing Associates Co. v. Hawkeye National Life Insurance Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1990
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Iowa Coal Mining Co. v. Monroe CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1996
- Crippen v. City of Cedar RapidsSupreme Court of Iowa · 2000
- Robert's River Rides, Inc. v. Steamboat Development Corp.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1994
- Fink v. KitzmanDistrict Court, N.D. Iowa · 1995
- Jones Distributing Co. v. White Consolidated Industries, Inc.District Court, N.D. Iowa · 1996
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