Eastern Iowa Cablevision, Inc. v. City of Iowa City

LARSON, Justice.

Defendant city and council members appeal from an order granting summary judgment in a mandamus action brought to compel an action on plaintiffs’ franchise proposal. Plaintiffs in the action were Eastern Iowa Cablevision, Inc., and a representative citizen of the City of Iowa City. They will be occasionally referred to here as “Eastern.” Because there were disputed issues of material fact presented to the trial court, and because movants were not entitled to such as a matter of law under statutes involved, we hold it was error to grant summary judgment.

The issues presented for…