Legal Opinion
Foster v. City of Council Bluffs
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided May 23, 1990No. 89-1388PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDREASEN, Justice.
Pursuant to Iowa Code chapter 684A (1989), William C. Stuart, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa, has certified to us a question of law. The statement of relevant facts in the order of certification shows the city of Council Bluffs, in repairing a “boil” in the traveled portion of Avenue G, dug an excavation across the westbound lane and into the eastbound lane. The excavation lay ten inches deep and ran about eighteen feet north and south and about twenty-one feet east and west. When the work day was completed a lighted barricade…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mulcahy v. Eli Lilly & Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1986
- Metier v. Cooper Transport Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1985
- Ehlinger v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1976
- Engman v. City of Des MoinesSupreme Court of Iowa · 1963
- Saunders Ex Rel. Saunders v. Dallas CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1988
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Humphries v. Trustees of the Methodist Episcopal Church of CrescoSupreme Court of Iowa · 1997
- Willow Tree Investments, Inc. v. WilhelmSupreme Court of Iowa · 1991
- Foley v. Argosy Gaming Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2004
- Collister v. City of Council BluffsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1995
- Hansen v. StateSupreme Court of Iowa · 1995
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