Legal Opinion

City of Des Moines v. Iowa Dep't of Transp. & Iowa Transp. Comm'n

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided April 27, 2018No. 17-0686PublishedCited by 15 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MANSFIELD, Justice.

We must determine whether the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) had the statutory authority to promulgate administrative *434 rules regulating automated traffic enforcement (ATE) systems located along primary roads. See Iowa Admin. Code ch. 761-144 (2014). The enforcement of these rules resulted in three cities being ordered to relocate or remove several of their ATE cameras.

The issue presented is the reach of the administrative state: Before the executive branch can adopt a rule with the force and effect of law, how much groundwork must be laid by the legislative…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Renda v. Iowa Civil Rights CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 2010
  2. Tim Neal v. Annett Holdings, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2012
  3. Meyer v. IBP, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2006
  4. Greenwood Manor v. Iowa Department of Public Health, State Health Facilities CouncilSupreme Court of Iowa · 2002
  5. Tom Brakke and Rhonda Brakke D/B/A/ Pine Ridge Hunting Lodge, and McBra, Inc. v. Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Iowa Natural Resource CommissionSupreme Court of Iowa · 2017

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3Cited by15 opinions

  1. Myron Dennis Behm, Burton J. Brooks, Bobby Lee Langston, David Leon Brodsky, Jeffrey R. Olson, and Geoff Tate Smith v. City of Cedar Rapids and Gatso USA, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2019
  2. Reuven Weizberg, David Peter Veng-Pedersen, Jacob Patrick Dagel v. City of Des Moines, Iowa, and Gatso USA, Inc.Supreme Court of Iowa · 2018
  3. Rickie Rilea and Timothy Riley v. Iowa Department of TransportationSupreme Court of Iowa · 2018
  4. Service Employees International Union, Local 199 v. State of Iowa, Iowa Board of RegentsSupreme Court of Iowa · 2019
  5. City of Cedar Rapids v. Marla Marie LeafSupreme Court of Iowa · 2018

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