Rex Realty Co. v. City of Cedar Rapids, State of Iowa, Intervenor

MAGILL, Circuit Judge.

Rex Realty Co. (“Rex”) appeals the district court’s1 order finding that the notice provisions of Iowa Procedure Under Eminent Domain, Iowa Code Chapter 6B (1999), satisfy constitutional due process requirements. Rex alleges that the statute is unconstitutional because it did not require the City of Cedar Rapids (“City”) to provide pre-deprivation notice and an opportunity to be heard on whether a taking was for a “public purpose.”2 The district court found that the Due Process Clause of the U.S. Constitution, U.S. Const, amend. XIV, § 1, and the Due Process Clause of the…