Legal Opinion
Knight v. Iowa District Court of Story County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided August 30, 1978No. 60980PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
REYNOLDSON, Chief Justice.
This original certiorari proceeding requires us to determine, as a matter of first impression, whether our current open meetings law, ch. 28A, The Code 1977, is unconstitutionally vague and therefore cannot support pending criminal prosecutions against these plaintiffs.
Plaintiffs are members of the Iowa State University athletic counsel. By separate information each was charged with “holding a closed meeting of the Iowa State University Athletic Council for that * * * said defendant did unlawfully participate in a closed meeting of the Iowa State University Athletic…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Knight v. IOWA DIST. COURT OF STORY CTY.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1978